BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 12. The possibilities
of expanding cooperation between the business circles of Azerbaijan
and Chile were discussed during a meeting with the Chargé
d'Affaires of the Chilean Embassy.
This was reported by the Export and Investment Promotion Agency
of Azerbaijan - AZPROMO.
Thus, a meeting was held at AZPROMO with the Chargé d'Affaires
of the Chilean Embassy in Azerbaijan, Juan Carlos Salazar
Alvarez.
During the meeting, Deputy Executive Director of AZPROMO, Tural
Hajili, briefed on the agency's activities, the business and
investment environment of our country, as well as the 2nd
Azerbaijan International Investment Forum planned to be held in
September this year. An agreement was reached between the parties
to ensure the participation of Chilean companies and relevant
institutions in the forum.
The meeting included an exchange of views on the prospects for
the development of economic and trade relations between Azerbaijan
and Chile, as well as the priority areas of mutual interest.
Opportunities for expanding relations between the business circles
of the two countries and implementing future joint initiatives were
discussed.
Earlier, Alvarez told reporters that Chile and Azerbaijan are
developing effective cooperation on multilateral platforms.
"We have established quite effective cooperation on the
multilateral agenda. We are currently striving to develop bilateral
trade—this is our main goal for the current year. We are purchasing
some technologies for companies from Azerbaijan, as well as
medicines. For our part, we would like to increase supplies of our
products, including fish, especially salmon, and fruit—both fresh
and dried," the diplomat noted.
He pointed out that Chile and Azerbaijan cooperated within the
framework of the Non-Aligned Movement, as well as during COP29.
According to the diplomat, the main focus is currently on
increasing bilateral trade turnover.
