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Azerbaijan has presented its vision for developing the ICT sector in preparation for the seventh Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which will be held in Baku within the international telecommunications exhibition BakuTel-2012 due November 6-9, the Azerbaijani embassy in the U.S said.

The IGF-2012 preparatory briefing was recently held in the U.S with the participation of the State Department Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy Philip Verveer and adviser to the US Embassy in Azerbaijan Nargiz Gurbanova.

Verveer in his remarks highly assessed Azerbaijan's efforts to develop the ICT sector. He also said the Baku forum will contribute to a further strengthening of bilateral relations.

The State Department official also said a conference to be joined by business people of the two countries will be held by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies jointly with the American Chamber of Commerce as part of the forum.

Gurbanova spoke about the government's successful policy aimed at ICT development in Azerbaijan, joint projects with the U.S. in this field, as well as Azerbaijan's trans-regional initiatives that will help reduce the digital gap between the developed and developing countries and will create the conditions for sustained economic development of the countries in the region.