The 15th meeting of the Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in Astana

On October 30-31, the 15th regular meeting of the Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation was held in Astana.

The meeting was attended by the co-chairs of the Commission - the Ministers of Energy of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, Kanat Bozumbayev and Pyarviz Shahbazov, members of the Commission, as well as experts from the two countries.

During the meeting, the parties reviewed the implementation of decisions

of the previous meeting, as well as discussed the whole range of issues of bilateral cooperation in the trade and economic, fuel and energy, agricultural, transit and transport, cultural, humanitarian and other spheres.

The sides noted the positive dynamics of trade and economic cooperation between the two countries, as well as the existing potential in such areas as transit, transport, energy, agriculture, railway engineering, tourism and sports.

In addition, in order to implement the agreements reached by the heads of state following the official visit of the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to Azerbaijan in April 2017, the parties considered the issue of a twofold increase in mutual trade turnover by 2020, including measures necessary to expand the range of goods Exported to the markets of the two countries.

Following the meeting, the Final Protocol of the meeting was signed. The parties also agreed that the next 16th meeting of the Commission will be held in 2019 in Baku.