EDB Is Open To Participation Of Azerbaijan And Türkiye - Board Chairman (VIDEO)
Date
6/30/2024 12:17:38 AM
(
MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, June 30. The Eurasian
Development
bank (EDB) is open to the participation of Azerbaijan
and Türkiye, Chairman of the Board of the EDB Nikolay Podguzov told
Trend on the sidelines of the bank's Annual
Meeting and Business Forum in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
“There are plans for expansion. Probably the immediate plans are
for Uzbekistan to join the bank. And we, I hope, will complete
these procedures this year and begin financing projects. As for
Azerbaijan and Türkiye, taking into account the geographical
location of these countries, they are in Eurasian region. They are
also neighbors of the bank's members. Taking into account the very
significant volumes of trade turnover between Türkiye and
Azerbaijan and the countries of the Eurasian region, the
participation of these countries in the Eurasian Development Bank
is certainly important and would be useful both for the countries
already in the bank and for Azerbaijan and Türkiye. We are open to
the participation of Azerbaijan and Türkiye,” he said.
According to Nikolay Podguzov, decisions on countries' accession
are made at the shareholder level.
“To do this, we need to receive appropriate applications from
countries about their intention to join the bank and then we could
begin official procedures for joining. But we are ready, the
perimeter of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Türkiye with the
countries of the region allows us to quickly prepare a list of
current joint projects and I believe that we could successfully
implement them if these countries were members of the Eurasian
Development Bank,” he said.
EDB is an international financial organization that carries out
investment activities aimed at developing economies, trade and
economic relations and integration processes in the countries of
the Eurasian region.
Currently, the bank's member-shareholders are six countries -
Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and
Armenia.
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