Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in the Kremlin, where he is scheduled to hold talks with Vladimir Putin. The main topic of the meeting will be the issue of normalizing relations between Baku and Yerevan. Later, Putin will also receive Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan.
Aliyev and Pashinyan arrived in Moscow to participate in a meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS, which will be chaired by Putin. The event will also be attended by the presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan Alexander Lukashenko, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Emomali Rahmon, Sadyr Japarov , Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Serdar Berdimuhamedov. Communication between the leaders began the day before. On Monday, October 7, the birthday of the Russian president, the heads of state gathered for an informal meeting, which became preparation for the summit.
