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By Aynur Jafarova

Baku will host the second meeting of the working group on prospective development of Belarusian-Azerbaijani cooperation and production of new goods at jointly established facilities, on September 19-21, the Belarusian Embassy in Azerbaijan said on September 18.

During the meeting, the sides will focus on the perspectives of bilateral innovative cooperation and discuss the possibilities of broader application of scientific achievements in production.

The first meeting of the taskforce was held on August 7-8, 2012 in Minsk under the chairmanship of the heads of the academies of science of the two countries.

Azerbaijan and Belarus established diplomatic relations in 1993. In 2012, the trade turnover between the two countries amounted to $223.3 million.

There is vast potential for the development of investment cooperation and for Azerbaijan's involvement in the projects implemented in Belarus.

Belarusian tractors, trucks, cranes, municipal equipment, optical equipment and elevators are assembled in Azerbaijan. The leader in the field of industrial cooperation is the Ganja Automobile Plant.

Belarus is interested in increasing the capacity of Belarusian assembly plants operating in Azerbaijan, as well as implementation of new projects in the construction sector, education, medicine, science, and culture.