Trade and economic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Belarus has been discussed during the meeting between Azerbaijani Ambassador to Belarus Latif Gandilov and Belarus Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko, Azertag has reported.

The volume of traffic on the Belarusian Railway with Azerbaijan increased by 7.4 percent, amounting to 100,000 tons during the period of January-August 2020, Belarusian media has reported.

Russia was Azerbaijan’s largest trade partner among CIS countries during the first eight months of 2020, with the trade turnover between the two countries amounting to $1.7 billion, the State Customs Committee has reported.

The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) plans to deliver another batch of oil to Belarus on August 26-27, Russian media reported with the reference to company’s Deputy Head of Public Relations Ibrahim Ahmadov on August 25.

The volume of trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Belarus amounted to $131 million during the period of January-July 2020, according to the State Statistics Committee of Belarus.

Azerbaijan has sent another batch of Azerbaijani oil to Belarus, Press Secretary of Belneftekhim concern Alexander Tishchenko said on August 3.

The trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Belarus exceeded $122 million in January-June, local media reported with the reference to State Statistics Committee of Belarus on July 20.

Belarus is in the process of negotiations with Azerbaijan on long-term contracts for oil supply, head of the main foreign economic relations department of Belneftekhim Ruslan Labut said on June 5.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov talked with his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei about the future perspectives of bilateral relations between the two countries, Foreign Ministry reported on May 13.

Azerbaijani State Oil Company (SOCAR) has sent first tanker of Azerbaijani oil to the Belarusian State Concern for Oil and Chemistry (Belneftekhim Concern) by tankers from the Turkish port of Ceyhan to Belarus, Ibrahim Ahmadov, Deputy Head of the SOCAR Public Relations and Event Management Department told, local media reported.