Belarus economy minister to visit Azerbaijan
BAKU - Belarusian Economy Minister Nikolai Snopkov will visit Azerbaijan in October, the country’s charge d’Affaires Sergey Panasyuk has said.
Panasyuk told reporters that during the visit an agreement on cooperation will be signed between the Ministry of Economy of Belarus and Azerbaijan’s Economic Development Ministry. The sides will also discuss investment-related issues.
During Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s visit to Baku in June the two countries signed an agreement on mutual drawing and protection of investments.
Panasyuk said, further, that the volume of goods exported from Azerbaijan to Belarus during the first half of 2010 increased by 68 percent, terming this as "a very serious indicator".
According to him, the embassy of Belarus in Azerbaijan is making an effort to boost bilateral trade turnover.
The charge d’affaires also said Azerbaijan’s First National Exhibition will be held in Belarus next year.
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