Azeri-US economic body’s meeting delayed
BAKU – The next meeting of the Azerbaijan-U.S. commission on economic cooperation has yet to be scheduled as setting the dates depends on the US side, its Azerbaijani co-chair, Finance Minister Samir Sharifov has said.
Sharifov told reporters that the US co-chair of the cooperation body has not been appointed so far.
"An assistant secretary of state used to serve as the American co-chair of the commission, but his tenure has ended, and this post remains vacant. But I hope that the US side will appoint a new co-chair in the near future and the work of the inter-governmental commission will be resumed."
The Azerbaijani-US commission, which has been operating for several years, has discussed a number of projects aiming to expand bilateral economic relations. Its meetings had been held once a year alternately in Baku and Washington, but the latest one took place about two years ago.
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