Azerbaijan: railways on priorities until 2019

Addressing the International Rail Business Forum titled “Strategic Partnership 1520: Caspian region”, Head of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC Javid Gurbanov spoke about priorities of the company’s activities. The priority directions of the activity of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC for 2017-2018 includes the development of the North-South transport corridor, renewal of infrastructure from Yalama to Astara in order…

Azerbaijan: foreign debt exceeds $7.6 billion

As of October 1, the volume of Azerbaijan’s foreign state debt amounted to $7.651 billion (12.403 billion manats), that is, 20.1% of the country’s GDP, Azerbaijan’s Finance Ministry said in a message. The statistics on borrowings includes Azerbaijan’s direct obligations and contingent obligations on the loans, drawn under state guarantee. As of October 1, the…

Azerbaijan: privatization in investment tenders gives $1.1 billion

$1.1 billion have been invested in Azerbaijan’s economy through investment tenders, Rafig Jalilov, deputy chairman of Azerbaijan’s State Committee on Property Issues, said. Volume of the domestic production rose by 1.5 billion manats thanks to these investments, according to him. Around 47,000 industry, trade, transportation and other state facilities, as well as non-residential facilities and…

Azerbaijan: no need to rush in privatizing large enterprises

Privatization of Azerbaijan’s large state enterprises, including state oil company SOCAR, requires time and such issues must not be hurried, Rafig Jalilov, deputy chairman of Azerbaijan’s State Committee on Property Issues, said. “It is needed to be consistent in such issues, since the privatization of large enterprises touches the issues of Azerbaijan’s economic independence”, Jalilov…