Representatives of Azerbaijan Entrepreneurs Confederation attend XII Assembly of International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

An extraordinary meeting of the 12th Assembly of the International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs was held on December 3-4, 2019 in Moscow, the capital of the Russian Federation.

Our country was represented at the event by a delegation led by the President of the Azerbaijan Entrepreneurs Confederation Mammad Musayev.

During its 27 years of existence, the International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, which has 7 offices in different countries, has established relations with public unions in 28 countries, as well as business associations in 32 countries and about 200 partner organizations.

The meeting of the Council of the International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs was held on December 3, 2019 before the meeting of the Assembly. At the meeting of the Council, views were expressed and discussions were held on the issues on the agenda of the 12th Assembly.

Vasile Tarlev, Chairman of the Board of the International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, opened the meeting on December 4, 2019, which was attended by officials, business associations and representatives of the business community from more than 25 countries. After the meeting of the 11th Assembly of the Congress, a report on the work done was heard and adopted, and the issue of electing new members to the International Congress was considered.

Speaking at the 12th Assembly of the International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, President of the Azerbaijan Entrepreneurs Confederation Mammad Musayev praised the work of the International Congress to strengthen economic ties between member countries. He noted that some of these events were held in Baku with the support of the leadership of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and as a member of the organization, the Azerbaijan Entrepreneurs Confederation was closely involved in this work.

Musayev noted that the Azerbaijan Entrepreneurs Confederation has been cooperating with the International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs for a long time. This cooperation bears fruit in the development of economic relations between the member countries of the organization, in the search for new partners.

The development of mutually beneficial cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan creates conditions for stability and security in the South Caucasus and the Caspian region.

Today, we characterize the Azerbaijani-Russian relations as a strategic partnership. In recent years, relations between Russia and Azerbaijan have been developing steadily.

Regular meetings between the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia determine the multi-vector nature of our relations and give impetus to the development of relations in almost all areas.

The meetings held during the official visit of the First Vice-President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva to Moscow on November 21-24, 2019, the opening of the Azerbaijani pavilion at the 10th Azerbaijan-Russia Interregional Forum showed that relations between our countries were possible due to strategic partnership, good neighborliness and sincere friendship.

The most pleasant event that took place during that visit was the presentation of the “Order of Friendship” to Mehriban Aliyeva for her services in the development of bilateral cooperation. The award, presented by Russian President Vladimir Putin, is due to the First Vice President’s great contribution to cooperation between Azerbaijan and Russia.

We are confident that the agreements reached at the tenth Russia-Azerbaijan forum will further strengthen the friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries.

Speaking about Russia-Azerbaijan economic relations, Musayev said that Azerbaijan has established economic relations with more than 70 regions of the Russian Federation. At present, about 700 enterprises with Russian capital are registered in Azerbaijan. There are about 140 interstate and intergovernmental agreements between Russia and Azerbaijan.

At present, joint projects are being implemented in engineering, chemical industry, pharmaceuticals, transport and other fields. In particular, the SOCAR Polymer has been built, the Agrochemical Plant is being modernized, and KamAZ trucks and Ural cars are being assembled at the Ganja Automobile Plant. Russian companies are involved in the oil and gas and energy sectors.

Russia is the main consumer of agricultural products exported by Azerbaijan. In turn, we buy agricultural machinery and mineral fertilizers from Russia.

Speaking at the 12th session of the Assembly of International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin spoke about the prospects for mutually beneficial cooperation between the member countries of the organization and the Russian Federation.

Yevgeny Rusetckiy, the Representative of the Russian Federation for the Far East, who spoke at the Congress, spoke about the importance of expanding relations with the business community in the Far East and Asia-Pacific.

President of the International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Artem Chaika spoke about the work to be done to improve the activities of the International Congress, the need to make a number of changes to the Charter of the International Congress, and the Charter was adopted in a new edition.

During the event, the President of the Azerbaijan Entrepreneurs Confederation held business meetings with delegations of members of the International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and heads of chambers of commerce and employers’ organizations from other countries.

As a result of the event, an agreement was reached to establish a cooperation platform in various forms, to hold regular meetings and consultations in order to expand cooperation between the member organizations of the International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, and a joint statement was adopted.