Azerbaijan - Portugal, "the game with only one goal"

Azerbaijan could help Portugal to overcome the financial crisis. For this we need the government to provide credit and invest in state funds Iberian Caucasian entrepreneurs.

This was on Thursday business forum organized by the Local Fund Export and Investment Promotion (Azpromo), said Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Paulo Portash. In the event attended by about 20 Portuguese companies from such sectors as construction, ICT, food processing, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, equipment, etc.

The participants talked about the great potential of mutual trade turnover. However, the State Statistics Committee of AR suggests that the results of last year, bilateral trade turnover of goods between the two countries totaled $ 327.45 million, of which the share of exports (hydrocarbons) accounted for 322.26 million. During the first four months of this year the total of $ 175.28 million included $174.98 million for export of local natural resources.

Now, local economists and entrepreneurs will think over what direction the Portuguese economy, you can declare attractive to business and investment. By the way, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Portash suggested some directions. According to him, appealing to the western part of the Pyrenees are primarily energy, infrastructure and agriculture. - 17D-