Beginning of the Working Meeting with Russia's New Ambassadors to Azerbaijan and Tajikistan, Vladimir Dorokhin and Yuri Popov 2009-03-17 20:07:50 The Kremlin, Moscow President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev: Dear Colleagues! You are about to take up new positions in Tajikistan and Azerbaijan. Both of these states are our close allies. We have a special relationship with them. And I hope that your activities will serve to strengthen such cooperation, to develop it in every area, economic, political and cultural. Let me emphasise once again that a great deal depends on the work of our ambassadors in the countries with which we have such close relations. I wish you every success.