EU-Azerbaijan Business Forum to be held in Baku on 5 June

Baku. 3 May. REPORT.AZ/ The annual EU-Azerbaijan Business Forum will take place in Baku on 5 June, Report informs citing the press-service of  EU Delegation to Azerbaijan.

 European and Azerbaijani companies and officials will discuss the latest economic reforms and development in a number of key industry sectors.

The Business Forum will present new perspectives on Azerbaijan's economic reforms, bringing together an estimated number of 500 high-level participants:business leaders, investors, government representatives and otherpolicy makers.To engage participants in the dialogue about current business opportunitiesand challenges, moderated panel discussions will be organised on a number of key sectors, including Agriculture and Food, Construction and Machinery, Transport and Logistics, ICT and E-commerce.

Speaking about the purpose of the annual Business Forum, EU Ambassador to Azerbaijan Kestutis Jankauskas said: "In the past years, the Azerbaijani government has made significant achievementsinimplementing economic reforms. The Business Forum presentsa unique opportunity to look at the achievements and the remaining bottlenecks, to share ideas and experiences of all relevant stakeholders from the EU and Azerbaijan and to create new business deals."

A number of bilateral chambers of commerce and some innovative start-up companies will present themselves at the reception hall of the event venue. Azerbaijani and EU companies will also be offered the opportunity to schedule one-on-one business meetings (B2B) on site, generating new business contacts.