Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 12
By Azad Hasanli – Trend:
Bulgaria’s Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova and Economy Minister Bojidar Loukarsky will visit Baku on Sept. 29-30 to take part in the 4th session of the intergovernmental economic cooperation commission, Bulgarian media reported Aug. 12.
An Azerbaijani-Bulgarian business forum will also be held during the ministers’ visit.
The Bulgarian delegation will include entrepreneurs working in the spheres of energy, refining, construction, transportation, food industry, pharmaceutics, tourism, ICT, chemical industry and others.
Trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria amounted to $15.65 million in 1H 2016 and almost the whole figure accounted for the import of Bulgarian products, according to Azerbaijan’s State Customs Committee.
The two countries’ trade turnover increased by 2.5 times compared to the 1H 2015.