Azerbaijan and Iran to mull North-South corridor’s implementation

Azerbaijan and Iran will discuss the second stage of implementation of the International North-South Transport Corridor, Azerbaijani Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said. The first stage of implementation of the North-South transportation corridor is nearly completed, said the minister. “We are already completing the construction of the railway to the Iranian border and the railway bridge…

Azerbaijan-Iran drug plant’s foundation to be laid in January 2017

Foundation of the Azerbaijan-Iran joint pharmaceutical plant in the Pirallahi Industrial Park will be laid in January 2017, Azerbaijani Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said. Iran’s Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare Ali Rabiei will take part in the groundbreaking ceremony of the plant which is an Azerbaijan-Iran joint enterprise, Mustafayev said. Over $30 million…

Azerbaijan: entrepreneurs to visit Iran

Azerbaijani entrepreneurs will pay a visit to the Iranian cities of Tabriz and Ardabil on January 14-17, 2017, the Azerbaijan Export and Investments Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) said in a message. Meetings with Iranian entrepreneurs are planned during the visit to expand ties among the businessmen of Iran and Azerbaijan. The visit will take place under…

Azerbaijan: priority areas for Poland’s investments disclosed

Agriculture, tourism, oil industry, chemical industry, industrial parks are priority areas for Poland’s investments, Azerbaijani Minister of Energy Natig Aliyev said. The minister made remarks at the seventh meeting of the Azerbaijan-Poland intergovernmental commission on trade-economic cooperation in Warsaw on December 18-21, the Azerbaijani embassy in Poland reported. Aliyev, who is also a co-chairman of…

Azerbaijan to bolster leasing market

A bill “On Leasing Activities” will be drafted in Azerbaijan in 2017, says the Strategic Road Map for the Manufacture of Small and Medium Entrepreneurship-Level Consumer Goods in Azerbaijan. A relevant legislative and regulatory framework will be formed on the basis of the new law and this will allow creating more favorable conditions for leasing…