Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to visit Azerbaijan next week

  06 November 2014    Read: 994
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to visit Azerbaijan next week
The two countries will sign 10 documents during the visit
President of Iran Hassan Rouhani will visit Azerbaijan next week, said Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi, AzVision.az reports quoting IRIB.

He said that Azerbaijan and Iran will sign 10 documents during Rouhani’s visit to Azerbaijan.

Co-chair of the Iran-Azerbaijan intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation Mahmoud Vaezi mentioned that the purchase of electricity from Azerbaijan, use of border rivers, simplification of customs procedures, and expansion of cooperation in cargo transportation, gas, energy, tourism and trade sectors will be discussed during the presidents’ meeting.

“The trading volume between the two countries is presently at $100 million. However, it is possible to increase this amount”, he continued.

The minister added that cooperation between Iran and Azerbaijan has become more favorable following the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Tehran on April 9 this year.

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