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15 April 2010 [16:44] - Today.Az
The St Petersburg government has come forward with a range of initiatives to foster relationships with Azerbaijan.
Sergey Naumenko, the head of the Department for CIS & Baltic Countries of the St Petersburg Committee for Foreign Relations, says that perspective directions for further collaboration between St Petersburg and Azerbaijan are: establishment of the bilateral intergovernmental commission, further work on co-operation of entrepreneurs in industrial sector, creation of information & business centre.
“The global economic crisis has had impact on the volume of trade turnover between Azerbaijan and St Petersburg. Decline of mutual trade turnover following 2009 reached 12%,” Naumenko said.
Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani government is beginning preparation for holding the first session of the intergovernmental commission on co-operation between Azerbaijan and Russia’s St Petersburg in economic and humanitarian areas. The Commission’s membership on behalf of Azerbaijan was endorsed 15 January 2010.
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