Russia and Azerbaijan have agreed to strengthen their cooperation during a meeting in Baku on Monday between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev. Following the talks, Putin said the leaders discussed joint initiatives, including the construction of small tankers designed to transport oil from the Caspian and Black Sea regions to the Mediterranean. The cooperation in the higher education sector is also to be strengthened, the presidents stated. “I would like to say that we are very satisfied with the level of cooperation between our countries,” Aliyev told Putin. Putin’s two-day state vi…