The President of Kazakhstan said that last year the trade turnover with Azerbaijan increased three times. An agreement was reached that the parties will make every effort to increase the indicators of mutual trade.
A number of Kazakh producers are ready to increase deliveries to Azerbaijan of 100 commodity items totaling more than $300 million, so it is necessary to ensure the logistics of this trade. This was stated to the media by the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev following the results of negotiations with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the official website of the Kazakh President reports.
“You know that Kazakhstan has the ability to supply grain, wheat, and other types of agricultural products. In turn, we have a need to import agricultural products from Azerbaijan – fruits and vegetables,” Tokayev said.
“Today we held fruitful talks on a wide range of issues. As the President of Azerbaijan correctly noted, we did not see any problems or obstacles. On the contrary, we expressed our mutual desire to step up efforts to achieve concrete results, whether in the economic sphere or on the humanitarian track,” , the president said.
According to Tokayev, according to the results of last year, the volume of mutual trade increased three times, that is, the positive dynamics continues. But in absolute terms, this result does not look impressive enough, so an agreement was reached today that the parties will make every effort to increase the absolute figures of mutual trade. Perhaps in the near future we will be able to talk about reaching the billion mark, he said.
“Today we spoke in great detail about the development of the transport and logistics sector, cooperation between our states. Relevant instructions were given to our governments, and there is no doubt that concrete results will be achieved in this direction. In any case, there is an absolute interest on the part of Kazakhstan in the development this type of cooperation,” Tokayev added.
