Translation. Region: Russian Federation –
Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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During the Russian government delegation's visit to Baku, a meeting of the co-chairs of the Russian-Azerbaijani Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation took place. Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexey Overchuk and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev discussed a wide range of pressing issues related to practical cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan. Particular attention was paid to strengthening trade, economic, industrial, energy, transport, logistics, and agricultural cooperation.
The parties noted with satisfaction the steady growth in trade turnover. They emphasized the broad opportunities for implementing joint investment projects in the medium and long term.
The co-chairs discussed measures to further increase freight traffic between Russia and Azerbaijan by road, rail, and sea. They emphasized the effectiveness of checkpoints on the Russian-Azerbaijani border and the feasibility of their further modernization.
The issues of further development of the North-South international transport corridor, in particular, increasing its capacity and improving the transport and logistics infrastructure, were separately considered.
Alexey Overchuk and Shahin Mustafayev agreed to hold the next meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation in the Republic of Azerbaijan in April of this year.
The meeting took place in a constructive, friendly atmosphere, traditionally characteristic of Russian-Azerbaijani cooperation.
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