German-Azeri chamber of commerce to open in Baku
German Deputy Foreign Minister Cornelia Pieper will arrive in Azerbaijan on Monday to attend at the opening of the joint Chamber of Commerce, the German embassy in Baku said.
Pieper, as well as head of the department of the German Ministry of Economics and Technology Dr. Karl-Ernst Brauner and Dr. Volker Treier representing the German Chamber of Commerce, together with Azerbaijani Minister of Economic Development Shahin Mustafayev will participate at the opening.
Pieper will hold meetings with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev. She will also hold discussions with civil society representatives.
The German-Azerbaijani Chamber of Commerce in Baku will be the second chamber in the CIS after a similar one in Moscow. Germany expresses its gratitude to Azerbaijan's dynamic economic development which turned it into a regional leader for several years.
Azerbaijan is Germany's important partner in the region still facing big geopolitical challenges. This dialogue also covers civil society issues, the German embassy said.