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Baku/18.01.23/Turan: President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev held a series of meetings with the heads of major international corporations as part of his participation in the World Economic Forum in Davos.
During the meeting with Andrew Forest, head of "Fortesque Future Industries", issues of implementation of alternative energy projects in Azerbaijan were discussed.
According to an agreement signed between the Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan and "Fortesque Future Industries" in late 2022, a project for production of 12,000 megawatts of wind and solar energy is expected.
The creation of new facilities will allow Azerbaijan to export green energy to European countries.
At that, Aliyev emphasized the importance of signing in Bucharest an "Agreement on Strategic Partnership for the Development and Transmission of Green Energy between the Governments of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania and Hungary".
Note that memoranda of understanding, as well as agreements signed by Azerbaijan with international energy companies will enable the country to produce up to 22,000 megawatts of wind and solar energy.
Also, a meeting between Aliyev and CISCO Vice-President for Global Innovation Guy Diederich discussed the implementation of digitalization projects in Azerbaijan.
As part of cooperation with CISCO, the digitalization will cover hundreds of schools.
The projects "Smart City" and "Smart Village" in Zangilan region are being implemented with the participation of CISCO.
During the talks the sides discussed the application of CISCO technology in water resources of Azerbaijan, as well as prospects of cooperation in the field of education and cybersecurity.
Within the framework of the forum, the President of Azerbaijan also met with Arnaut Damen, CEO and shareholder of Dutch company "Damen Shipyards Group", Jared Cohen, President of "The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. for Global Affairs", Rafiq Khanbali, CEO of "Kromatix SA", Eric Rondolat, CEO of "Signify" (former "Philips Lighting"), Kees t'Hart, CEO of "Carlsberg Group". -16В06-
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