BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 13. We want more Italian companies to participate in the rebuilding works in the liberated lands, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said at a meeting with a delegation led by Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy of the Italian Republic Adolfo Urso, as part of the groundbreaking ceremony for a 1,280-MW thermal power plant in Mingachevir, Trend reports.
"A month after the second Karabakh war, a very important contract was signed between Azerenergy and Ansaldo. Lands liberated from occupation cover an area of 10,000 square kilometers. For comparison, it is an area the size of Lebanon. Everything is destroyed there, so we are rebuilding everything and we want more Italian companies to participate in these works - in the construction, service, investment sectors and as contractors. The Italian company IVECO has already started establishing its own enterprise there. The production of trucks is planned there. Therefore, the agenda is very extensive, and I am sure that all these issues will be widely discussed during the visit," President Ilham Aliyev said.