Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Baku on Sunday ahead of the Russian-Iranian-Azerbaijani summit, local media reported.

BAKU (Sputnik)�� Rouhani and Aliyev held a bilateral meeting after�official welcome ceremony upon�arrival of�the Iranian president.

On Monday, Rouhani and Aliyev are set to�hold trilateral talks with�Russian President Vladimir Putin in�Baku which are expected to�focus on�trade, energy, communications as�well as�on the situation in�Syria and on�the threat of�the Daesh terrorist group outlawed in�Russia.

The trilateral meeting is expected to�result in�the signing of�a joint declaration.

By Sputnik News