Trade between the European Union (EU) and Azerbaijan has grown by 55 percent between 2016 and 2019, said President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Trend reports.

Energy is the key element of cooperation between the EU and Azerbaijan, and there are plenty of fields in which potential cooperation is possible. However, the energy cooperation, which was launched in 2006, is especially significant.

EU has allocated 7.2 million euro to Azerbaijan within the framework of its Rural Development Support Programme (RDSP).

The European Union (EU) is preparing to implement nine twinning projects worth nearly € 9 million in Azerbaijan.

The long-standing efforts to promote a peaceful solution to the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia remains in the forefront of the EU priorities, as does cooperation with Azerbaijani society as a whole, EU Spokesperson told AzerNews.

Azerbaijan and the European Union will sign an agreement on strategic partnership.

A new agreement is needed to be signed to expand the trade relations between the European Union and Azerbaijan, the EU told Trend on March 30.

September has brought to Azerbaijani people autumn's freshness and the possibility to travel to Europe more easily as Azerbaijan and the European Union's visa facilitation agreement is entering into force.

Azerbaijan's trade turnover with the European Union countries has increased, the State Custom Committee reports.

Azerbaijan is a country that has undergone some radical and rapid changes in a way that would have been unimaginable 25 years ago.