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Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by Minoru Kiuchi, Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister, AzerTag state news agency reported.

The head of state expressed satisfaction with the development of the bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Japan.

Saying that the two countries enjoyed high-level political ties, President Aliyev noted that this paved the way for the expansion of cooperation in other areas.

The head of state underlined the importance of the projects implemented in Azerbaijan with the participation of Japanese companies, and said that there were good opportunities for cooperation in the fields of agriculture, establishment of technoparks and petrochemical complexes, high technologies and information technologies.

Minoru Kiuchi, in turn, said Japan was interested in broadening cooperation with Azerbaijan in various areas, including agriculture, establishment of technoparks and petrochemical complexes, high technologies and information technologies.

The diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Japan were established in 1992. Relations between the two countries continue developing. Japan was one of the first countries to support Azerbaijan's forward-looking oil strategy.

Today two major Japanese companies Itochu and Impex are involved in the Contract of the Century. Leaders of Japanese business, Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Marubeni, and Sojits are involved in the energy and infrastructure projects in the country.

Azerbaijan considers cooperation with Japan in the field of high technology, particularly in the field of manufacture of innovative production, with their further entering the regional markets.

Until now, Japanese companies were involved mainly in projects in the energy sector, but in recent years their interest to cooperate in areas such as petrochemicals, oil refining, energy, medicine, high-tech and space industry has increased.

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