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Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Ivo Josipović of Croatia met on Monday with businessmen in Zagreb, AzerTac state news agency reported.

The moderator of the meeting highlighted Azerbaijan`s economic achievements, and stressed the existence of favorable investment environment in the country.

Ivo Josipović said the visit by President Ilham Aliyev would contribute to developing the bilateral economic relations. He said Azerbaijan had been developing rapidly in the last years, adding the country was of great importance to Croatia. Ivo Josipović said there were new areas of cooperation in mutual investment making between the two countries. The Croatian leader emphasized the importance of the meeting in terms of building relations between the two countries` businessmen.

President Ilham Aliyev expressed confidence his visit would be a success. He said the issue of expansion of the economic relations had been high on the agenda of the talks the two countries had during his visit. The Head of State said the Azerbaijan-Croatia relations were developing on all fronts, pointing out there was good potential for deepening the economic cooperation.

President Ilham Aliyev noted the necessity of building and developing mutually beneficial relations between Azerbaijani and Croatian business people. He said the two countries could build effective cooperation in a number of fields, particularly transport and tourism.
The Head of State provided an insight into economic processes and business environment in Azerbaijan. President Ilham Aliyev said favorable climate had been ensured in the country for foreign businessmen and foreign investment. He hailed the activities of Croatian companies in Azerbaijan as successful. The President expressed hope businessmen would play a bigger role in developing the Azerbaijan-Croatia economic relations.

The Croatian businessmen informed the Azerbaijani leader of the activities of their companies. They said they were determined to build cooperation with their Azerbaijani counterparts. The Head of State responded to questions from the businessmen concerning different areas of Azerbaijan`s economy.

The President called on the Croatian businessmen to build closer relations with Azerbaijan.