ECONOMY
BILATERAL MEETINGS OF BUSINESSMEN OF AUSTRIA AND AZERBAIJAN
According to the representative of State Oil Company Eldar Shahbazov, Austria is one of the advanced states of the world possessing high technologies. To the Austrian friends it is well known that Azerbaijan is an oil country. We informed them on our purpose to develop non-oil sector. As the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev repeatedly marked, our primary goal consists in development of non-oil sector. Certainly, development of petroleum industry does not remain in shadow. Therefore, we have carried out with representatives of AVV AG Company talk about improvement of the petroleum-refining industry in the country, rendering of advisory services in this area, have reached certain arrangement.
The Austrian enterprises represented at the bilateral meetings already have operational experience in the countries CIS, Baltic, Romania. They are very much interested in geographical position of Azerbaijan. At meetings with the Azerbaijan partners, the Austrian businessmen did not hide their intentions to cooperate with Azerbaijan in thermal and electric power, sphere of water supply, construction of railways.
Firm DIPL.-ING. STEFAN LANDAU is interested in connection with the Ministries of Communications and Information Technologies, culture, TV, private broadcasting companies, the State Academic National Drama Theatre, Theatre of Opera and Ballet.
Representatives of HABASIT company are going to establish partnership in the field of the food, polygraph and textile industry, while SCHALLER LEVEN SMITTELTECHNIK GMBH has carried out discussions with manufacturers of food stuffs, and representatives of group of companies ROXEL Handelges.m.b. H. – with representatives of publishing.
Arrangements on cooperation and partnership will be submitted in corresponding department of the Ministry of Economic Development.