US invests $10B in Azerbaijan`s economy

  01 December 2016    Read: 1125
US invests $10B in Azerbaijan`s economy
The US invested $10 billion in Azerbaijan`s economy, the country’s Deputy Economy Minister Sahil Babayev said.
He made the remarks Dec. 1 during the first Azerbaijan-US business forum “Trade and investment opportunities in post-oil era” being held in Baku.

“Azerbaijan’s oil sector alone received investments worth $9 billion,” Babayev said. “The volume of investments is constantly increasing, and this shows a favorable investment climate in our country. Azerbaijani investments in the US economy are about $3 billion, and they are mainly invested through the line of the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ).”

He added that there are long-term economic relations between Azerbaijan and the US, and these relations can be called strategic.

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