Azerbaijan, Austria eye cooperation spheres

An Azerbaijani delegation led by Minister of Communications and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov is participating in the 7th session of the mixed commission on cooperation between Azerbaijan and Austria on economy, agriculture, industry, technique and technology in Vienna, Austria.

Remind that the 6th meeting of the mixed commission was held in Baku on October 21, 2010 and Minister Ali Abbasov is the co-chairman of the commission.

Issues such as current state of bilateral trade and economic relations, perspectives, European Union - Azerbaijan relations, membership of Azerbaijan to the World Trade Organization will be discussed during the meeting. At the same time various bilateral relations and meetings are planned with Deputy Director General of the United Nations Office in Vienna, Director of the Office for Outer Space Affairs, Ms Mazlan Othman.

A business forum covering various areas of economy will be held as part of the meeting of intergovernmental commission on February 22 with the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. The forum will be held with the participation of more than 60 major companies from Austria and about 20 major companies from Azerbaijan.


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