(MENAFN- AzerNews) By Ayya Lmahamad
The trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Turkiye has increased
by 34 percent to $4.35 billion in January-September 2022,
Azerbaijan's Prime Minister Ali Asadov said.
He made the remarks at the 10th meeting of the joint
intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation between
Azerbaijan and Turkiye, Azernews reports.
“There are good opportunities for further expansion of economic
and trade cooperation in the post-pandemic period. In this regard,
the decisions and agreements reached at the meeting of the
Azerbaijan-Turkiye strategic cooperation council and the
intergovernmental commission are of particular importance,” he
said.
The prime minister expressed confidence that the expansion of
the scope of the preferential trade agreement, as well as the
implementation of action plans signed between the two countries,
will contribute to a further increase in trade turnover.
Moreover, speaking at the meeting, Ali Aasadov stated that the
relations between Azerbaijan and Turkiye have reached the highest
peak of strategic partnership and alliance. He noted that the
signing of the Shusha Declaration strengthened the relations
between the two countries even further, raised them to the level of
alliance, and demonstrated to the world the exemplary nature of
friendship and brotherhood between the two countries.
He stressed that Azerbaijani-Turkish relations have moved from a
bilateral format to a regional one as a result of the decisive
efforts of Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“Azerbaijan and Turkiye also play an important role in ensuring
the energy security of Europe through their jointly implemented
large-scale projects,” he said.
Speaking about the development of cooperation in the transport
sector, Ali Asadov mentioned that the total volume of freight
transported between the two countries increased by 60.2 percent in
the first nine months of the year, including an increase in transit
cargo by 96.3 percent.
“The Kars-Igdir-Aralik-Dilucu-Sadarak-Nakhchivan-Julfa railway
project is of great importance in terms of providing a direct
railway connection between the major part of Azerbaijan and Turkiye
via Nakhchivan,” he said.
Further, the prime minister expressed confidence that the
opening of the Zangazur corridor and the construction of the
Nakhchivan railway will further boost the expansion of
Azerbaijan-Turkiye economic and trade relations. He added that it
will also provide good opportunities for cooperation and contribute
to the economic progress of the regional countries.
“Azerbaijan-Turkiye unity proves itself in the restoration of
Karabakh and Eastern Zangazur. Large-scale construction activities
and important infrastructure projects carried out in the liberated
territories with the participation of the Turkish companies,” he
said.
For his turn, Fuat Oktay noted that regular meetings between the
presidents of the two countries make a special contribution to the
expansion of successfully developing relations.
Saying that the Azerbaijan-Turkiye partnership has become
stronger in recent years, he stated that the large-scale transport
and energy projects implemented by the two countries are of great
importance for the region.
At the end of the meeting, Ali Asadov and Fuat Oktay signed the
protocol of the 10th meeting of the Azerbaijan-Turkiye
intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation and action
plans covering a number of cooperative areas.
The officials signed the“agreement between the government of
Azerbaijan and the government of Turkiye on cooperation in the seed
production sector”,“agreement on cooperation in the field of plant
protection and quarantine”,“protocol on cooperation between
Azerbaijan's Food Security Agency and Turkiye's Halal Accreditation
Agency”,“memorandum of intent between Azerbaijan's Small and
Medium Business Development Agency and Turkiye's Small and Medium
Enterprises Development Organization to expand the access of SMBs
to financial resources”, as well as“agreement on bilateral
cooperation between Azerbaijan's Export and Investment Promotion
Agency and Turkish Exporters Assembly”.
The meeting, co-chaired by Ali Asadov and Fuat Oktay and
attended by heads of relevant government agencies of both
countries, was held in Baku on November 4.
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