BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 3. The topic of
developing the North-South international transport corridor (ITC),
eliminating bottlenecks in the transport, logistics, credit and
financial spheres of cooperation will be discussed on May 14-19 in
Kazan at the International Economic Forum “Russia – Islamic World:
“Kazan Forum”, Trend
reports.
Representatives of Azerbaijan, Algeria, Afghanistan, Bahrain,
Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Kuwait, Malaysia,
Morocco, the UAE, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and other countries
are expected to participate.
As follows from the published program, Deputy Prime Minister of
Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev is expected to participate in the
Forum at the head of a representative Azerbaijani delegation.
As part of the Kazan Forum, the Azerbaijan Export and Investment
Promotion Agency (AZPROMO) and the Trade Representation of the
Russian Federation in Azerbaijan will hold a round table on May 17,
which will be attended by Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
Shahin Mustafayev, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexey Overchuk,
Deputy Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan Sahib Alekperov, Deputy
Minister of Economy of Russia Dmitry Volvach, Head of AZPROMO Yusif
Abdullayev, Chairman of the Board of the Agency for Development of
Small and Medium Businesses of Azerbaijan Orkhan Mamedov, Chairman
of the Agency for Development of Economic Zones of Azerbaijan
Seymur Adigozalov.
“The Republic of Azerbaijan is a key partner of the Russian
Federation in the South Caucasus. Several joint megaprojects are
currently being developed that will have not only a bilateral, but
also a global nature. Among them are the development of the
North-South international transport corridor, cooperation in the
fuel and energy sector, and cooperation in industrial production.
Russia is one of the three trading partners of Azerbaijan and ranks
first in imports of Azerbaijani products from the non-oil sector,”
the program says.
Moreover, the round table participants will discuss the
prospects for interaction in the medium term and the steps that the
state and business should take to overcome barriers to the supply
of products and the influx of investment, the development of
logistics and tourism.
