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Azerbaijan to send first trade representative to Russia

Business Materials 31 January 2017 16:14 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijan’s first trade representative will be appointed to Russia, Deputy Minister of Economy Sahil Babayev told a meeting with members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Azerbaijan (AmCham) in Baku Jan. 31.
Azerbaijan to send first trade representative to Russia

Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 31

By Anvar Mammadov – Trend:

Azerbaijan’s first trade representative will be appointed to Russia, Deputy Minister of Economy Sahil Babayev told a meeting with members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Azerbaijan (AmCham) in Baku Jan. 31.

“Russia is one of the main foreign trade partners of Azerbaijan,” he added. “Therefore, it is logical that Azerbaijan’s first trade representative will be appointed to Russia.”

“We are also considering the possibility of appointing trade representatives to China and the UAE in the near future,” Babayev said.

“Along with trading houses, which are being established in Belarus and Ukraine, trade representatives will promote Azerbaijani goods abroad,” he explained.

President Ilham Aliyev decreed on Jan. 26 to appoint trade representatives of Azerbaijan in the country’s embassies and consulates abroad.

Under the decree, the country’s economy minister will appoint trade representatives in the Azerbaijani embassies and consulates abroad to facilitate business ties and increase the effectiveness of export promotion measures, represent and fully protect the trade and economic interests of the country and exporters in foreign countries, and expand the delivery of Azerbaijani products to foreign markets.

According to the decree, the trade representatives will take measures to expand Azerbaijan's trade and economic relations with the countries where they are appointed.

The trade representatives will also take measures to protect economic interests, increase exports of goods and services of Azerbaijan, promote the business and investment opportunities in the country, the decree said.

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