POLITICS
CIS: QUESTIONS OF ACTIVATION OF INTEGRATION PROCESSES DISCUSSED
Baku, March 3 (AZERTAC). Questions of activation of the integration processes in the frame of CIS were discussed at the meeting of the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Artur Rasizade with members of the Russian delegation headed by the First Deputy Premier of Russia Igor Shuvalov, national coordinator of the Russian Federation on CIS affairs.
Head of the Azerbaijan Government expressed hope that visit of the Russian delegation will stimulate expansion of bilateral relations. Speaking on the prospects of the Azerbaijan-Russian cooperation, he underlined that, despite small decrease in volume of trade operations in 2009, this year bilateral goods turnover will exceed.
Azerbaijan is the supporter of carrying out of more intensive integration in Commonwealth, the Premier stressed.
The First Deputy Premier of Russia Igor Shuvalov, in turn, informed the head of the Azerbaijan government on his visit across the CIS countries and shared suggestions on priorities of cooperation in the frame of CIS.
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