Dutch top diplomat to visit Baku
By Nazrin Gadimova
Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans will arrive in Azerbaijan with an official visit on February 4, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said.
During the visit, Timmermans plans to meet with his Azerbaijani
counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov and with country's leadership. The
meetings will discuss the prospects of cooperation between the two
countries.
Diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and the Netherlands were
established in 1992. The legal framework for bilateral cooperation
includes nine documents.
Azerbaijan's State Customs Committee reports that the trade turnover between Azerbaijan and the Netherlands amounted to $149.71 million in the first eleven months of 2013. Some $143.75 million out of this amount fall on imports. The export of Azerbaijani goods to the Netherlands amounted to $5.96 million in this period.
An Azerbaijani-Dutch Business Forum, organized by the Azerbaijan's Economy and Industry Ministry Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) was held in Baku last November. The event brought together representatives of about 50 companies in industry, shipbuilding, consulting, logistics and other sectors of the two countries.
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