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By Amina Nazarli

Representatives of the tourism industries of Azerbaijan and Kuwait had a meeting to present Azerbaijan’s tourism potential.

The presentation was organized by Azerbaijan’s Culture and Tourism Ministry and the country’s Embassy in Kuwait, Azertac reported.

To this end, a delegation comprising 18 people led by Aydin Ismiyev, department head of the Ministry, visited Kuwait to take part at this meeting.

The event was attended by staff of Azerbaijan’s Embassy, representatives of the Ministry’s office for Gulf countries, “Atlantis Holidays”, the Kuwait Information Ministry, as well as experts of hotel and tourism companies functioning in Kuwait.

The sides had detailed discussions for expansion of tourism cooperation.

Among the Gulf countries, Kuwait is a country that is located closer to Azerbaijan.

Baku and Kuwait, which established diplomatic relations since 1994 are bond with traditional, historical, religious and cultural ties, as well as the geographical position.

Recently, Azerbaijan and Kuwait signed an intergovernmental agreement on air communication, aiming to remove obstacles for opening of air links between the two countries, which will contribute to further development of bilateral economic and cultural relations between the two sides.

The opening of direct flights between Azerbaijan and Kuwait is expected to lead to a significant increase in trade relations between the two states.

The trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Kuwait in January-September 2016 amounted to $2.96 million, according to the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan.

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