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Azerbaijan keen to manufacture railway cars with Russia (UPDATE)

Business Materials 27 September 2018 19:47 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijan is interested in producing railway cars together with Russia, Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said.

Details added (first version posted on 12:07)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 27

By Azad Hasanli - Trend:

Azerbaijan is interested in producing railway cars together with Russia, Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said.

He was speaking Sept. 27 at a round table meeting “Industry and Energy: Prospects for Bilateral Cooperation”, held as part of the 9th Russia-Azerbaijan interregional forum in Baku.

Talking about the establishment of joint production between Azerbaijani and Russian companies, the minister noted that there are already successful examples.

A pharmaceutical plant of R-Pharm is under construction in the Pirallahi industrial district and it is planned to arrange assembly of GAZelle cars in the Hajigabul industrial district, he said.

In general, over the past two years, investments worth $3 billion have been raised for the industrial districts of Azerbaijan, he added.

The 9th Azerbaijan-Russia interregional forum was held in Baku Sept. 27.

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