Baku hosts meeting of Azerbaijan-Israel Joint Intergovernmental Commission
Baku, The Gulf Observer: The 3rd meeting of the Joint Commission between the Government of Azerbaijan and the Government of Israel was held in Baku on Wednesday, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov said on Twitter, according to media reports.
“In the course of the session of the Joint Commission between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the State of Israel, we considered issues on the agenda of the bilateral economic cooperation: promotion of trade relations and investments; cooperation directions in the field of environmental protection; and application of innovative technologies, digital economy,” the minister tweeted.
According to the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan, the trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Israel totaled $450.03 million from January through February 2023.
Azerbaijan’s foreign trade turnover increased by $863.1 million (7.91 percent) from January through March 2023 compared to the same period of the previous year, from $10.9 billion to $11.7 billion.