Baku, Azerbaijan, March 5
By Ali Mustafayev - Trend:
Azerbaijan and Morocco have signed a number of agreements at a meeting between Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Nasser Bourita in Baku March 5.
The two ministers signed the “Convention between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income”, “Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco on cooperation in the field of security and combating crime”, “Protocol of Intent between Azerbaijan Railways CJSC and the Moroccan National Railways” and the “Protocol of Intent between Azerbaijan State Marine Academy and the Higher Institute of Maritime Studies of Morocco.
Diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Morocco were established in December 1992.
According to Azerbaijan’s State Customs Committee, trade turnover with Morocco amounted to about $3.9 million in 2017.