Ardabil Ready for Economic Cooperation with Azerbaijan

Iran is ready to further develop economic cooperation with Azerbaijan. To do this, they will create a joint House - the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines Iranian province of Ardebil Hussein Pirmoazi.

As he said at a press conference in Baku, produced in their country products are much cheaper than in other countries, the border with Azerbaijan. As the obstacles he called customs problems faced by businessmen of both countries. Their elimination would contribute to stronger economic and trade cooperation between businesses, he said.

In addition, as noted by Pirmoazi on the development of relations between the two countries would positively affect and bilateral visa waiver.

In 2012, bilateral trade between the province of Ardabil and Azerbaijan reached $ 57 million, and in the first half of this year - $ 19 million, indicating a negative trend. "A major part of the exports of Ardabil in Azerbaijan are agricultural products and goods made of plastic. We have a strong chemical industry, which affects the low cost of production. But for some reason Azerbaijani entrepreneurs gain relatively expensive goods in Turkey. Azerbaijani entrepreneurs are invited to visit the province of Ardabil to in place to ensure high quality and cheap cost of Iranian products," said the Iranian businessman.

According to him, Iran is also interested in the opening ceremony of a shopping center, which visited the Azerbaijani buyers might observe on the ground with a wide range of products manufactured in Iran.

He also stressed that the development of economic relations and could serve as the opening of direct flights between Baku and Ardebil. "Azerbaijan should take an interest in this issue. Due to the fact that the Iran provisions of international economic sanctions, it would be more appropriate to Azerbaijani companies have opened flights from Azerbaijan to Ardabil. Our Chamber of Commerce is willing to take a while to bear half the cost of air travel, which will be in great demand among the citizens of both countries," he said. -17D-