On October 10, Ilham Aliyev, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, received Nikolai Patrushev, the Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council, the Press Office of the Azerbaijani President reported.

The head of state noted various issues on the relations agenda between the two countries. President Ilham Aliyev pointed out that the period since the signing of the Declaration on Allied Interaction between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation showed that the bilateral relations are indeed of an allied nature and underlined that it manifested itself in all spheres. The President of Azerbaijan expressed confidence that the cooperation would continue to strengthen in regional security, economic relations, transport, and other fields. Moreover, Aliyev underscored the need to solve regional issues in the 3+3 format with the involvement of the regional countries and noted the conduct of meetings in this format at respective levels.

Nikolai Patrushev reiterated that bilateral relations had deepened even more since the Declaration on Allied Interaction was signed between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation. 

They shared their opinions on global and regional issues, including cooperation within international organizations, and discussed regional cooperation. During the conversation, they shared their views on the Azerbaijan-Russia-Iran cooperation to develop the North-South Transportation Corridor.