(MENAFN- AzerNews) Co-organized by Caspian Energy Club and the Latvian Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, the 16th international Caspian Energy
Investment Forum Riga 2023 has been held, Azernews reports.
The Forum was held in the framework of activities planned to be
conducted in 20 countries on the occasion of the 100th anniversary
of National Leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev, said Chairman of
the Board and Group CEO of Caspian Energy Club Telman Aliyev.
Participating in the forum were representatives of relevant
government agencies of Latvia, as well as top-managers of public
and private companies.
The purpose of the forum was to develop bilateral economic
relations between Latvia and Azerbaijan, arrange B2B networking on
the international level for further addressing of professional
tasks, as well as to highlight opportunities provided for foreign
entrepreneurs and investors.
The forum focused on discussion of the business climate in
Latvia and Azerbaijan, 'LEF network' (Latvia, Estonia, Finland)
project, expansion of the Latvian-Azerbaijani business relations
and cooperation in different sectors of the economy.
Delivering an opening speech at the forum, Ambassador of the
Republic of Azerbaijan to Latvia Elnur Sultanov spoke about high
rates of bilateral relationship development between Azerbaijan and
Latvia.
He also reminded about the Joint Declaration on the
establishment of strategic partnership that Azerbaijan and Latvia
signed in 2017, and said:“Today Latvia ranks among Azerbaijan's
nine strategic partners from the EU member states.”
Elnur Sultanov informed the event participants about high-speed
economic development of Azerbaijan and successful diversification
of the country's economy. He emphasized the potential for expanding
trade-economic relations between Azerbaijan and Latvia, and made
his suggestions in that regard. Elnur Sultanov expressed his strong
confidence that the Azerbaijani business delegation's visit to
Latvia would give a fresh impetus to mutual trade-economic
cooperation.
Chairman of the Board and Group CEO of Caspian Energy Club
Telman Aliyev spoke about the Club's activity and noted that this
was Caspian Energy Club delegation's third visit to Latvia.
Addressing the event, Telman Aliyev expressed gratitude to the
Embassy of Azerbaijan in Latvia, Embassy of Latvia in Azerbaijan
and the management team of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and
Industry.
Chairman of the Board of Caspian Energy Türkiye Suleyman Majidli
acted as a moderator of the panel sessions. Presentations in the
course of the sessions were made by Katrīna Zariņa, Member of the
Board of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ģirts
Jaunzems, Director of Foreign Trade and Foreign Economic Relations
Promotion Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Latvia, Shabnam Allahverdiyeva, Adviser to the Acting Executive
Director of the Export and Investment Promotion Agency of the
Republic of Azerbaijan – AZPROMO, Deniss Čamovs, Senior Investment
Advisor of the Latvian Investment and Development Agency, Līga
Sičeva, Head of the EU project department at the Latvian Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, and Anna Mammadova, CEO of AZE Turizm.
The Forum continued with bilateral discussions between
representatives of business structures of both countries, which
resulted in reaching cooperation agreements. It is noteworthy that
such forums have been previously held in Tbilisi, Prague, Istanbul,
and Tashkent.
In the framework of the official visit, Caspian Energy Club's
delegation plans to make business tours to enterprises located in
Riga, Jelgava and Valmiera cities.
Established in June 2002, Caspian Energy Club brings together
over 5,000 companies and organizations across 50 countries. As an
active participant of the business-to-government dialogue, the
major objective of Caspian Energy Club is to improve investment and
business climate in Azerbaijan and in other countries where the
Club operates, as well as to encourage and actively engage in B2G,
B2B and B2C dialogues.
Headquartered in Baku, Caspian Energy Club is an international
business networking platform regularly conducting different events.
Caspian Energy Club has representative offices operating in
Türkiye, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, UAE, Israel, Germany,
Poland, Slovakia, and Czechia, as well as authorized
representatives around the globe.
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