Leonid Slutsky: Azerbaijan - strategic partner that never lets us down

Today, against the backdrop of the crisis in relations between Russia and Azerbaijan, the voices of those calling for a sober look at the situation are becoming louder, Russia's LDPR leader Leonid Slutsky said live on the Rossiya-1 TV channel, Report informs.

"They tried to set us at odds with Azerbaijan against the backdrop of the conflict in Karabakh. But today, Azerbaijan is our strategic partner, which has never let us down. And Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is one of our most reliable partners," Slutsky noted