Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he will meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at a summit in Russia in August, Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty reported.

Putin made the announcement to journalists in Beijing after meeting with Aliyev on the sidelines of China’s Belt and Road forum – an initiative aimed at building trade and transportation infrastructure that links China with South and Central Asia, Europe, and Africa.

“We agreed to hold another Russian-Azerbaijani-Iranian summit in Russia in August,” Putin said.

Putin last met together with Aliyev and Rohani at a summit in Tehran in November 2017.

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