Baku – “Azerbaijan is a key landmark in the Caucasus, the hinge between Asia and Europe, wedged between history and tradition, between Iraq and Turkey and close to Russia. It is a strategic position from a geopolitical and economic point of view”. The Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni makes an opening address today at the Foreign Ministry for the Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation Italy-Azerbaijan. Given the internal stability of the country, Azerbaijan is an “obvious economic, political and strategic partner ” said Gentiloni confirming the desire to “increase political contacts and for this I will travel to Azerbaijan in these coming months to testify to the strong bond to be cultivated. ” (9Colonne)