Ilham Aliyevv meets with Georgia’s economy minister

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev held a meeting with Georgia’s Economy Minister Dimitry Kumsishvili in Baku yesterday.

During the ministerial meeting Aliyev and Kumsishvili talked about the existing close partner relations between the countries.

Kumsishvili highlighted that Azerbaijan had become one of Georgia’s largest trade partners in recent years and also the share of investments from Azerbaijan was taking larger scope.

Kumsishvili emphasised important joint projects implemented by Georgia and Azerbaijan such as the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway, the Southern Gas Corridor, China’s One Road-One Belt and other projects, Agenda.ge reported.

Ilham Aliyev stressed that the Southern Gas Corridor project is being successfully implemented, describing this as a sign of the two countries` opportunities and partnership.

Noting that the Southern Gas Corridor already covers seven countries, President Aliyev said that it is important to coordinate interests of producers and transit countries. "We have succeeded in it and this is the guarantee of our future achievements," he stressed.