BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 11
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
Kazakhstan and Turkey are planning to sign two new bilateral agreements, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Trade and Integration Bakhyt Sultanov said, Trend reports.
Sultanov made the statement on Facebook, dedicated to his working visit to Azerbaijan.
In his words, on the sidelines of the meeting of economy and trade minister of the countries of the Turkic Council, a meeting with Turkish Trade Minister Mehmet Mush was held.
During the meeting the parties talked ways to increase cargo transport along the Caspian Sea route.
The parties have also agreed to sign the Agreement on Trade in Services and Treaty on the Simplification of Customs Procedures before the year-end.
The 10th meeting of the Economy Ministers of the Turkic Council was held in Baku on September 10.
The event was attended by official representatives of the Turkic countries, including the Minister of Trade of Turkey Mehmet Mush, Secretary General of the Turkic Council Baghdad Amreyev, Minister of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan Bakhyt Sultanov, Minister of Economy and Finance of Kyrgyzstan Akylbek Zhaparov, Deputy Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan Badryddin Abidov and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Peter Szijjarto.
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