Austrian Federal President to visit Azerbaijan

Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan on October 11-12, the presidential administration said.

"President Fischer will visit Azerbaijan for the first time after the Austrian Embassy opened in Baku last year," the spokesman for the presidential administration Bruno Aigner said. "It was a significant and long-expected welcome."

The development and intensification of bilateral relations in the economy, culture, energy, regional development, cooperation between the EU and neighboring countries, as well as urgent EU economic problems, will be among the main topics of discussion.

The President will be accompanied by a delegation, including the minister of economy and the minister of social affairs. The Azerbaijani-Austrian economic forum will be held during the visit.

President Fischer plans to meet with Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister Artur Rasizade, and Speaker of Parliament Oktay Asadov.

A large delegation of Austrian businessmen will arrive in Baku on the eve of the visit. A business forum will be held on September 19-20. Major Austrian companies working in the field of new technologies and urban improvement will also be represented.

The Austrian delegation, headed by President Fischer, will visit Turkmenistan after the meetings in Baku.

Talks will be held with President Berdimuhamedov and other officials.


/Trend/