Iran and Azerbaijan held a joint economic conference here in Azerbaijan’s capital on Tuesday.
The conference was held within the framework of Iran Project specialized exhibition.
In early August, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi and Azeri President Ilham Aliyev in a meeting in Baku underlined the need for the further expansion of mutual cooperation between the two countries.
Vaezi and President Aliyev explored avenues for bolstering and reinvigorating of bilateral relations in different areas.
Vaezi appreciated President Aliyevs role in enhancement of the two countries bilateral ties, and said that the two countries presidents are determined to boost the level of their cooperation in different fields.
The Azeri president, for his part, hailed Vaezis role in expanding ties between the two countries.
The two sides also discussed political and economic ties between the two countries and cooperation in the Caspian Sea, and exchanged views about the prospects of relations in energy, transport, investment, finance, banking, agricultural, tourism and healthcare.
Source: IRNA - Date: (21 september 2016)