Baku to host meeting of Azerbaijani-Tajik intergovernmental commission

By Azernews

By Kamila Aliyeva

The fourth meeting of the Azerbaijani-Tajik intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation is expected to be held in late March in Baku.

Tajik Ambassador to Azerbaijan Zohir Saidov told Trend that his country’s delegation will be headed by chairman of the commission from the Tajik side –Economic Development and Trade Minister Nematullo Hikmatullozoda.

The meeting will consider development prospects of the bilateral economic cooperation and expansion of trade between two countries.

The co-chairman of the intergovernmental commission from Azerbaijani side is Economy and Industry Minister Shahin Mustafayev.

The previous meeting of the intergovernmental commission was held in Dushanbe on October 15, 2014.

Azerbaijan and Tajikistan, both post-Soviet republics established diplomatic relations on May 29, 1992.

The two countries' cooperation reached a new level in 2008, when an intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation was launched. It coordinates the realization of economic ties and develops new offers for future cooperation.

The Tajik-Azerbaijani legal base consists of more than 30 agreements and treaties, where the agreement on friendship and cooperation between Tajikistan and Azerbaijan is most fundamental. 

The Azerbaijani State Customs Committee reports that the trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Tajikistan amounted to $12.32 million  in 2016, compared with $6.44 million in 2015.

Azerbaijan exports to Tajikistan amounted to $12.08 million in 2016, import – $238,000.