Belarus and Azerbaijan are analyzing the prospects of joint production of carpets and cotton fabrics, the Belarusian President’s press-service said in a statement following President Alexander Lukashenko’s talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. “In my opinion, Azerbaijan did the right thing when it decided to develop its cotton growing industry. Output figures will rise so…
The Belarusian-French interregional business forum takes place in Minsk on November 30 – December 1, according to the official website of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The event marks the 40th anniversary of establishing twinning relations between Minsk and Lyon. The business forum has been organized following the agreements reached at the second…
The European Union (EU) and Azerbaijan’s Taxes Ministry have successfully completed the implementation of a joint twinning project on improvement of human resources management, the country’s Deputy Taxes Minister Sahib Alakbarov said. The twinning project’s implementation was carried out jointly with taxes administrations of the EU, France and Spain. “This project has become a successful…
Azerbaijan’s GDP amounted to 49.2 billion manats in January-October, down by 3.7% YoY, the country’s finance minister Samir Sharifov said. He made the remarks during a discussion on the draft state budget and the concept of social and economic development for 2017 and the next three years. The discussions on the draft state budget at…
In a statement delivered at the Water Summit 2016 in Budapest, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon noted that the government of Tajikistan was continuously focused on the issues of effective use of water resources, water loss reduction, water quality improvement and reduction of water resources pollution. “To that end, the Water Sector Reform Program (2016-2025) approved…
In 2015 Belarus’ state budget received the equivalent of $495 million thanks to the redistribution of import customs duties, Alexander Kurlypo, Head of the Central Office for Budget and Finance Control of the State Control Committee of Belarus, reported. The official underlined that as the agency in charge of distributing import customs duties as well…
In the course of the regular auction held by Azerbaijan’s State Committee on Property Issues on November 29, 19 state property units have been sold as part of a new privatization program. Three small state property units and one unused non-residential area of the privatized objects are located in Baku, one facility is located in…