Increased Belarusian and Azerbaijani cooperation

Belarus and Azerbaijan have been cooperating very actively recently. This cooperation was highlighted recently by Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko during Azeri President Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Belarus. The Belarusian president mentioned that he highly regards the support Azerbaijan has rendered to Belarus during the confrontation with Russia over the oil issues when Azerbaijan provided oil to Belarus via Ukraine railways. The plans of future cooperation between the two countries were also outlined during top level meeting.