An exhibition showcasing production manufactured by private and state companies of Azerbaijan and Russia has opened in Astrakhan as part of the forum "Russia and Azerbaijan: towards new horizons of interregional cooperation".
The exhibition features over 200 stands and dozens of pavilions of Azeri and Russian companies and enterprises operating in the field of energy, mechanical engineering, tourism, innovative technologies and so on.
"Many-sided cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan took a shape of strategic partnership", Sergey Vinokurov, Head of the Department of interregional and cultural ties with foreign countries under the Russian President addressing the opening of the exhibition said. Vinokurov emphasized that the Astrakhan exhibition will give a new impetus to the productive dialogue and interregional cooperation between Azerbaijan and Russia.
Head of the Azerbaijan presidential administration`s social and political affairs department Ali Hasanov addressing the opening of the exhibition said that "thanks to the efforts of Presidents Dmitry Medvedev of Russia and Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, this cooperation is acquiring new prospects". "Our relations are multifaceted and multi-aspect and cover practically all spheres", Hasanov emphasized.
The second Russian-Azerbaijani Interregional Forum "Russia - Azerbaijan: towards new horizons of interregional cooperation" kicked off in Astrakhan on Thursday. The event was organized by the Development Fund of Eurasian Studies Institute, with the support from the presidential administrations of Russia and Azerbaijan.
The forum is attended by representatives of central and regional authorities, business circles and non-governmental organizations of both countries.
Azerbaijan is represented at the forum by the delegation led by Head of the presidential administration`s social and political affairs department Ali Hasanov. The delegation also includes representatives of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, government, MPs, entrepreneurs, etc.

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