Azerbaijan to cooperate with Russia's Stavropol

Azerbaijan and Russia's Stavropol Territory will sign an agreement on
Wednesday on economic, scientific and cultural cooperation,
Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Ali Gasanov said at a business forum
in Baku, Trend reports.

Foreign turnover between Azerbaijan and Russia totalled $1.8 billion
in 2009, which is some 60% higher than the average turnover between
CIS countries, Gasanov said.

Foreign trade turnover with Stavropol reached $123 million last year,
twice the 2004 showing, the deputy premier also said. However,
turnover between the former Soviet republic and the Russian region
dropped 30% in 2009 from $200 million in 2008.