Heydar Babayev: "Azerbaijan is interested in expanding ties with the United States and is ready to support development of bilateral cooperation"

The press service for the Economic Development Ministry told Day.Az that Babayev said US businessmen are successfully operating in various spheres of Azerbaijani economy, especially, in oil and gas.

The Minister considers that US businessmen can raise investments to the non-oil sector by expanding cooperation with the Azerbaijan Investment Company and Azerbaijan Export and Investments Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO). He noted that Azerbaijan is interested in expanding ties with the United States and is ready to provide any support to development of the bilateral cooperation.

In turn, Mermoud announced that in the framework of the visit to Azerbaijan he had meetings in the Ministries of Finance and Transport, discussed possible participation of US Bechtel in the transport projects of our country. He noted that US-Azerbaijan intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation plays an important role in the development of bilateral ties.

He said the next session of the commission will be held in autumn this year.

/Day.Az/