Shahin Mustafayev: Chinese companies are interested in making more investments in Azerbaijan

This year we saw even more interest from Chinese companies in our products and investment potential, Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev said in the interview to China's Global Times.

"Our President promoted me to Deputy Prime Minister and asked me to continue to promote the relationship between Azerbaijan and China in my new position. At the same time, he signed a decree and designated me as the co-chairman of the Azerbaijan-China Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation. I will rely on the political will of the two heads of state, the friendship and goodwill between the two nations, and the economic potential of the two countries to facilitate cooperation in economy and trade, transportation, tourism, agriculture, communications and technology.

"From January to September this year, Azerbaijan's trade with China reached $1.7 billion, an increase of 96 percent compared with the same period of last year," the Deputy PM said.