On Thursday, the Azerbaijan-Syria Business Forum üas held in Baku, state news agency AzerTaj reported.
The business forum was attended by some 120 representatives of companies from Azerbaijan, and almost 70 Syrian businessmen.
The opening of the forum was attended by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and President of Syria Bashar al-Assad.
Speaking at a business forum, President Ilham Aliyev once again welcomed in Azerbaijan President of Syria Bashar al-Assad and a group of businessmen who had come with him. He highly appreciated the documents signed within the visit and expressed hope for further fruitful cooperation.
In response, the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad expressed his gratitude to President Ilham Aliyev and affirmed the historic importance of this visit. He considered in detail the possibilities of economic cooperation between the two countries and called businessmen to use business opportunities opened in light of the implementation of the documents signed during the visit.