Iran's minister to visit Azerbaijan
Iran’s Minister of Agriculture Jihad Mahmoud Hojjati and a group of Iranian businessmen will embark on a three-day visit to Azerbaijan this Sunday, Azertac reports.
During the visit Hojjati will meet with officials of the Agriculture Ministry to discuss the bilateral ties. He will also give a press conference.
The visit will feature an Azerbaijani-Iranian business forum.
Azerbaijan and Iran, the two strategic partners and two neighboring countries with historically close links, enjoy cooperation in various fields.
After the western sanctions were lifted from Iran, it has repeatedly expressed intention to improve trade with neighboring Azerbaijan in a bid to make up for the recent decline in trade turnover between the two countries.
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