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Investing.com -- Russia-Azerbaijan relations are challenging at the moment, but Moscow remains optimistic about future improvements based on shared interests, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday.
Tensions between the two nations have grown in recent months following the detention of several ethnic Azerbaijanis in Russia and the deaths of two detainees in police custody.
On Saturday, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev called for Russia to publicly admit it accidentally shot down an Azerbaijani passenger plane in December last year, killing all 38 people aboard. Aliyev also demanded punishment for those responsible for the incident.
Russian President Vladimir Putin previously apologized to Aliyev for what the Kremlin described as a "tragic incident" when an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed after Russian air defenses fired at Ukrainian drones. However, Putin did not explicitly state that Russia had shot down the aircraft.
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