Uruguay, Azerbaijan sign agreement on customs co-op
By Nazrin Gadimova
Uruguay and Azerbaijan signed an agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs affairs, Azerbaijan's State Customs Committee said on June 17.
The document was signed during a visit of a delegation headed by the Chairman of the State Customs Committee, Deputy Chairman of the World Customs Organization Europe Region , Aydin Aliyev, to Uruguay.
The meeting exchanged views on developing cooperation and sharing experiences between the customs services of the two countries.
As part of his visit, Aliyev also met Chairman of the Uruguayan Representatives House Anibal Pereira, members of the inter-parliamentary friendship group with Azerbaijan under the parliament and Economy and Finance Minister Mario Bergara, Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Minister Tabaré Aguerre.
A significant increase has been observed in trade turnover between the countries in 2014.
The foreign trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Uruguay amounted to $984,310 in January-April 2014, and this is about 288 times more than in the same period of last year.
Uruguay is one of the most economically-developed countries in South America and is a member of the World Trade Organization.
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