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Since Azerbaijan is getting dangerously close to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Russian President Vladimir Putin deemed it best to visit Baku with a large delegation including Foreign Minister Lavrov, Defense Minister Shoigu and Energy Minister Novak:
Rasim Musabekov, a member of parliament and political analyst, told reporters that one aim of Putin's visit was to give Baku a warning not to cooperate too closely with the U.S.
According to him, Russia cannot but have a certain wariness toward Baku becoming an important logistics center, through which Afghanistan transit is conducted. For that reason, Moscow needs a strong guarantee that American armed forces will not appear here [in Baku] tomorrow.
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