BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 28
By Nargiz Sadikhova – Pattern:
Croatia and Azerbaijan have untapped potentialities to strengthen cooperation in agriculture and meals processing industries, Croatian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Branko Zebic instructed Pattern.
Commenting on the prospects for opening Commerce Homes of Azerbaijan in Croatia and vice-versa, Ambassador stated that this risk has been missed some years in the past, sadly with out outcomes.
“For the start, we must always begin with a extra vital presence of our meals merchandise and drinks on each markets by means of common retailer chains. There are only some Croatian meals merchandise on the Azerbaijani market. The same state of affairs is with Azerbaijani merchandise in Croatia. I’ll quickly have a gathering in AZPROMO on this regard. Actually, we, Azerbaijan and Croatia, have untapped potentialities to strengthen our cooperation in agriculture and meals processing industries,” he stated.
He additionally famous that the following assembly of the Joint Intergovernmental Fee on Financial Cooperation will probably be held in Baku, having emphasised that the second assembly of the Fee was held in November final yr.
“This type of assembly often takes place each two-three years. For the second, we solely know that the following assembly will probably be in Baku. It was a productive assembly in Zagreb the place greater than 30 excessive representatives of the totally different state our bodies and ministries from either side participated. Azerbaijani delegation was headed by Minister of Tradition Mr. Anvar Karimov and Croatian by Minister of Economic system and Sustainable Improvement Mr. Tomislav Ćorić. All potentialities of financial and commerce cooperation had been mentioned and scrutinized. We hope for optimistic ends in the close to future,” he stated.
Commenting on whether or not Croatian corporations are inquisitive about funding alternatives in Azerbaijani liberated territories, the ambassador famous that sure, they’re and there are some preliminary talks about it with the Azerbaijani authorities and enterprise neighborhood.
Moreover, commenting on whether or not the COVID-19 pandemic in any manner affected the bilateral relations, Zebic stated that bilateral commerce turnover remained steady.
“We would not have but the outcomes for the entire 2021 yr, however likely, they’ll even outgrow the final yr’s in addition to these of the yr earlier than. As regards bilateral relations typically, regardless of the pandemic it has intensified. Croatian Minister of Overseas and European Affairs Mr. Gordan Grlić Radman paid an official go to to Azerbaijan in October and the Second Assembly of the Joint Intergovernmental Fee for Financial and Commerce Cooperation was held in Zagreb in November,” ambassador stated.
He additionally famous that there have been additionally exchanges of cultural packages and initiatives within the group of the Croatian Embassy in Baku and the Azerbaijani Embassy in Zagreb.
“On this context, I want to spotlight two live shows in Baku in December, carried out by the Croatian Vocal Ensemble “Klapa Bošket”,” he added.
In flip, commenting on the progress on Ionian-Adriatic Pipeline (IAP) undertaking, developed by 4 nations: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania, Zebic recalled that a web based assembly was held with all related stakeholders on January 18, 2022 throughout which it was concluded that the undertaking firm must be established as quickly as doable.
“There’s an intention that representatives of all 4 governments will signal an announcement of help for the event of undertaking firm on 4 February 2022 on the margins of the Southern Fuel Hall Ministerial Assembly in Baku. We consider that the corporate will probably be established within the subsequent few months, relying on the pandemic state of affairs,” he stated.
He additionally famous that though the preparation of the undertaking firm is within the mature section now, as a result of COVID-19 state of affairs it’s nonetheless not established.
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