In his welcome speech, Yaqub Eyyubov, First Deputy Prime Minister placed a particular emphasis on the present level of the Uzbek-Azerbaijani relations citing the parties’ active cooperation, both bilaterally and multilaterally.

“The idea of the exhibition belongs to the presidents of two countries, it is based on a solid decision of the leaders of Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan to lift trade and economic relations to a qualitatively new level”, he said.

The exhibition features more than 3 thousand kinds of products produced by 300 enterprises of Uzbekistan in various industries. In general, the exhibition was of multisectoral nature and provided a good opportunity for business circles of Azerbaijan to get directly acquainted with the products and services of the leading enterprises with different types of ownership, and arrange a direct dialogue with potential partners. Topical sections of the exposition met priorities in the development of partnership between the two countries.

 Along with the production of the automotive industry, textile industry, agriculture the exhibition featured information and communication technologies of Uzbekistan.

For example, Uzbektelecom joint stock company - the largest telecoms operator in Uzbekistan - presented a wide range of services: channels for lease to operators and providers of fixed and mobile communications, data communications, all types of voice and data exchange, Internet access, videoconferencing , mobile communications services in CDMA.

After getting acquainted with presented products and domestic developments in information technology, the Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technologies Yakub Veli-zade expressed a desire to carry out joint projects on development of the ICT sector in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan.

Artur Rasi-zade, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, who visited the exhibition, expressed confidence that it would implement new projects benefiting the Uzbek and Azerbaijani peoples. Voicing his assessment of the Uzbek-Azerbaijan relations, he stressed that “they are an example of what should be the connection between true brotherly countries. Today we must make efforts to the potential that exists in countries that used to expand economic relations”.