The meeting between President Ilham Aliyev and President Vladimir Putin in Dushanbe last week is seen as a crucial step toward overcoming the serious tension and coldness that emerged in Azerbaijani–Russian relations following the tragic downing of an Azerbaijani plane in Russian airspace on December 25 last year.

How can we assess the outcomes of the Dushanbe meeting overall?

Did the revanchist forces in Armenia, who sought to exploit this temporary chill in relations, ultimately fail in their plans? And can this meeting be viewed as a sign that cooperation between Baku and Moscow will continue — as both sides say — in the “spirit of alliance”? Should this meeting be considered the beginning of a new stage in bilateral relations?

To explore these questions, Azernews correspondent discusses several key points and examines various perspectives........

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