Baku hosts Meeting of Intercable International Association
The 45th General Meeting of the Intercable International Association has kicked off in Baku.
The four-day meeting includes a symposium on "Telecommunication cables - prospects of future development".
Addressing the opening ceremony, president of the Intercable International Association Izyaslav Peshkov said the meeting brought together representatives of 91 companies from 21 countries.
He praised Azerbaijan's potential in non-oil field, and said the country has "huge and strong plants with state-of-art equipments".
Recalling his visits to the Sumgayit Chemical Industrial and High-Tech Park, he said the facility could be considered one of the hugest technological parks in Europe.
Azerbaijani deputy Minister of Economic Development Niyazi Safarov highlighted development of the non-oil sector in the country.
President of Azerbaijan`s largest energy company, Azerenerji, Etibar Pirverdiyev said Cable Plant of the Sumgait Technologies Park, which was commissioned in 2009, is the biggest cable producing plant in the region.
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