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Turkey and Azerbaijan can implement new projects on the basis of joint strategies in the field of high technologies, said Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Ismail Alper Coskun in his interview with the newspaper "Communication World".

The ambassador noted that Azerbaijan has made significant investments in the development of technology in recent years. The country's infrastructure is being improved in this area. Turkish government also strongly supports the technology area in recent years. Now, Turkey is becoming producing and exporting country of the new technologies.

“The application of satellite, as well as large-scale high technologies is possible in these countries,” he said.

“Both countries may have their own networks, technologies, satellites, but common goals, interests in many areas are also available”, the Ambassador stressed.

Today, Azerbaijan is the leading regional country in terms of developing high technologies.

Currently, some 75 percent of the population uses the Internet. Broadband Internet penetration among the population stands at 62 percent. For these indicators, Azerbaijan is twice ahead of the world average.

Moreover, Azerbaijan holds the 23th place among developing countries on the share of Internet-connected households.

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