President Ilham Aliyev receives Belarusian deputy prime minister
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Mikhail Rusyi.
Speaking of Caspian Agro-2016 Azerbaijan International
Agricultural Exhibition, President Ilham Aliyev expressed his
confidence that as always Belarus would be successfully represented
and decently showcase its potential and opportunities at the
event.
Saying that agriculture was rapidly developing in Azerbaijan,
President Ilham Aliyev expressed his confidence that Belarussian
products to be on display at the exhibition would provoke interest
of relevant bodies in Azerbaijan.
The head of state said the demand for agricultural machinery would
grow in Azerbaijan as the country plans to further develop
agriculture. President Ilham Aliyev said that in a short space of
time Azerbaijan and Belarus successfully implemented an
agricultural project, adding that jointly manufactured products
were already exported.
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Mikhail Rusyi
hailed his country`s agricultural cooperation with Azerbaijan as
successful. He said his visit created good opportunities for
discussing the issues covering different areas of the bilateral
cooperation.
Mikhail Rusyi said much had been done by Azerbaijan and Belarus in
the field of agriculture. He noted that apart from Belarus-made
equipment, the exhibition would showcase the products jointly
manufactured by Belarus and Azerbaijan. Mikhail Rusyi stressed that
he was well aware of Azerbaijan`s goals in the field of
agriculture, which, he said, included supplying the population with
agricultural products and achieving export.
The Belarussian deputy Prime Minister said that thanks to President
Ilham Aliyev`s support 2,000 tractors would be produced in
Azerbaijan this year, adding that this will pave the way for the
establishment of the industrial sector of mechanical engineering in
agriculture in Azerbaijan.
Mikhail Rusyi described Azerbaijan as a good partner for exporting
the jointly manufactured machinery to third countries, adding that
these products were already exported to Georgia. The Belarussian
deputy Prime Minister said he believed that exports would grow.
They discussed prospects for cooperation in various areas.
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