Azerbaijan, Baku, August 8 / Trend N. Ismayilova /
Several round tables are planned to be held to discuss cooperation prospects in various spheres of economy during Latvian President Valdis Zatlers's official visit to Azerbaijan on August 10, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Economic Development said on August 8.
Round tables will be organized to discuss investment opportunities of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (for the first time), prospects for cooperation in education, tourism, financial sector and information-communication technologies. Discussions on the financial sector will be held in the Azerbaijan Investment Company but on information-communication technologies in the Communication and IT Ministry on August 10.
Organizers of the meetings are the Azerbaijani Ministry of Economic Development, Azerbaijani Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) and the Embassy of Latvia in Azerbaijan.
The Latvian delegation will include members of the government and a group of Latvian businessmen, who intend to discuss expansion of cooperation with their Azerbaijani colleagues.
According to the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee, on the basis of 2008 trade turnover hits $7.86 million between Azerbaijan and Latvia as a result of 2008. It increased 47.6 percent compared to export-import operations in 2007.
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