Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has today received the Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Rusyi.
Speaking of the Caspian Agro-2016 Azerbaijan International Agricultural Exhibition, Ilham Aliyev expressed his confidence that as always Belarus would be successfully represented and decently demonstrate its potential at the event, Trend reports.
According to him, Belarusian products to be on display at the exhibition would provoke interest of relevant bodies in Azerbaijan. The head of state stressed the demand for agricultural machinery would grow in Azerbaijan as the country plans to further develop agriculture. He noted that Azerbaijan and Belarus successfully implemented an agricultural project.
Mikhail Rusyi, in his turn, stressed successful agricultural cooperation of his country with Azerbaijan. He said his visit created good opportunities for discussing the issues covering different areas of the bilateral cooperation.
Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister stressed that he was well aware of Azerbaijan's goals in the field of agriculture, which, he said, included supplying the population with agricultural products and achieving export.
The minister said that thanks to President Ilham Aliyev's support 2000 tractors would be produced in Azerbaijan this year, adding that this will pave the way for the establishment of the industrial sector of mechanical engineering in agriculture in Azerbaijan.
According to him, Azerbaijan is a good partner for exporting the jointly manufactured machinery.
