Cooperation in the investment sphere is promising Belarus and Azerbaijan, Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Guryanov said at the event marking Azerbaijan's national holiday - Republic Day on May 23, BelTA reported.
Guryanov stressed the two countries realize joint projects on assembling Belarusian trucks and lifting equipment. Belarus and Azerbaijan began to cooperate in the energy sphere in 2011 and the sides consider the possibility of implementing joint projects in other areas. Contacts at the regional level begun to well develop.
Guryanov stressed that Azerbaijan is one of the important partners of Belarus, and the countries have reached the strategic partnership level.
Speaking at the event, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Belarus Isfandiyar Vahabzade said the two countries' leaders had very important meeting over the last two years. He recalled that Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev paid an official visit to Belarus in 2009 and Belarus's President Alexander Lukashenko paid an official visit to Azerbaijan in 2010.
He said the mutual high-level visits have contributed to strengthening the bilateral relations in all spheres, including in the economy. The trade turnover between Belarus and Azerbaijan increased by 12 times and totaled $ 378 million in the first quarter of 2011. Vahabzade expressed confidence that further bilateral ties would develop more actively in all directions.