Aleksandr Misharin, Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast of Russia, esteemed Azerbaijan as a "promising foreign trade partner having a high potential for development".
Meeting with the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu, Aleksandr Misharin also highly appreciated cooperation between Azerbaijan and Sverdlovsk oblast in all spheres.
Misharin also dwelled on the recent visit of Leyla Aliyeva, Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, to Sverdlovsk Oblast. This visit, according to the Governor, made a huge contribution to the development of humanitarian and cultural cooperation.
The Azerbaijan Ambassador, in turn, gave a high assessment to the relations between Azerbaijan and Ural region of Russia and contribution of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation to Azerbaijani-Russian cultural ties. Polad Bulbuloglu said that soloists of the Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theater were invited to take part in Uzeir Hajibeyli Festival due to be held in Baku in September.

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