BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 18
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
UK and Azerbaijan need to continue to explore opportunities in all sectors, UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy, Baroness Emma Nicholson told Trend.
“During this time, it remains of paramount importance that our two countries continue to explore opportunities in all sectors, not only oil and gas, but also Healthcare, Agriculture, Tourism, Education and Retail, among others. I, together with the British Embassy in Baku, stand ready to help in any way I can to support this and look forward to furthering some of these initiatives in the near future,” she said.
Nicholson went on to add that there has never been a more critical and challenging time for the international community to work together to respond to the deep global health and economic crisis.
“Such a response includes working together to minimize economic disruption through the development of new sectors, encouragement of further creative thinking and the introduction of improved and more cost-effective methods of working. This includes a continued focus on environmental issues, improvement in primary healthcare care infrastructure and personnel, more support for the disadvantaged, particularly in areas such agriculture and education, the digitalisation of various industries and the encouragement of more collaborative research and development,” noted Baroness Nicholson.
She believes that together, the UK and Azerbaijan can work closely on all these areas to our mutual benefit.
“With Azerbaijan Airlines’ scheduled flights expected to resume at the earliest opportunity, we are looking forward to travelling to Azerbaijan once again, as well as receiving the large number of Azerbaijani students that study in the UK each year, to take up their school and university placements,” said Baroness Nicholson.
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