Kremlin:  Moscow and Baku currently going through a difficult period

ArmInfo.  Relations between Moscow and Baku have a solid foundation, but are currently going through a difficult period, as was stated to journalists by the press  secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov.

"There is indeed  a solid foundation, there is a coincidence of  interests between the two countries, there is mutually beneficial  cooperation based on mutual respect. But sometimes it happens that  relations between two countries  go through difficult periods. Now is  one of such periods," the Kremlin representative said.  He  added  that Moscow hopes that this period will pass, noting that cooperation  between the two countries is mutually beneficial. 

Additionally, he noted that law-abiding Azerbaijanis are respected in  Russia, and Moscow considers it very important that Russians are  respected in Azerbaijan. 

"It is very important for us that Russians are respected in  Azerbaijan. There is a very large Azerbaijani diaspora living in  Russia. Practically all representatives of the Azerbaijani diaspora  are our law-abiding citizens who enjoy deserved respect here," the  Kremlin representative emphasized, TASS reports. "Those citizens who  violate the laws are prosecuted accordingly," Peskov concluded.