Baku to host Azerbaijan-Lithuanian business forum
Azerbaijani-Lithuanian business forum will be held on April 9 in Baku Business Center. For the meeting with Azerbaijani businessmen will arrive in Azerbaijan, representatives of several private companies, as well as the Klaipeda Free Economic Zone.
The Fund Export and Investment Promotion told Turan, that the Lithuanian side of the forum will be attended by representatives of companies operating in the fields of construction, finance, ICT, renewable energy, environmental protection, education, water treatment, transport, sale of spare parts, etc.
Business meetings of business circles of Azerbaijan and Lithuania held since 2008. The last time such a forum was held in Vilnius in the framework of the official visit of President Ilham Aliyev. Azerbaijani media claims that local oligarchs have business interests in Lithuania.
The State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan, in 2012, trade between the two countries amounted to $ 24 million, up 4% on the previous year. Azerbaijani exports to Lithuania decreased 47% to $ 2.7 million from Lithuania was supplied goods worth $ 21.3 million, which is 6.5% more than in 2011. - 08B-
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