The Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Artur Rasizade received on July 14 the Deputy Foreign Minister of Japan Akiko Yamanaka.
Rasizade mentioned the wide-range development of Azerbaijani-Japanese relations. The prime minister pointed out the active participation of Japanese companies in global energy projects in the region including construction project and exploitation of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, Trend reports quoting the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan. He expressed his gratitude to the Japanese government for making humanitarian aid to Azerbaijan.
Yamanaka voiced her hope for the future expansion of bilateral cooperation, as well as realization of projects in the sphere of ecology, education and development of small and medium entrepreneurship.