IRNA � Iran's Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Masoud Karbassian met Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev in Baku on Friday discussing an upcoming tripartite meeting by presidents of Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan.

�The meeting with President Aliyev aimed at making necessary coordination for the trilateral meeting which is to be held in the Iranian capital within coming days,� Karabsian told IRNA.

'I conveyed an invitation message from President [Hassan] Rouhani for President Aliyev on attending the tripartite meeting' the minister Iranian added.

Karbasian arrived in the Azeri capital on Thursday heading a top-ranking delegation.

While in Baku, he has met with his Azeri counterpart as the head of Iran-Azerbaijan Joint Economic Commission.