Azerbaijan, UK close to concluding agreement on partnership and cooperation

Azerbaijan and the UK are close to reaching an agreement on partnership and cooperation, UK Ambassador to Azerbaijan Fergus Auld said in an interview with Report.

"We are close to agreeing the partnership and cooperation agreement with Azerbaijan. But there are just a couple of small things that hold things up. We hope that we will be able to conclude that agreement very soon. That's an agreement particularly about the trading relationship, but more broadly there is huge cooperation ongoing on many different areas," the diplomat said.

He noted that over the last 30 years, the UK invested $85 billion into the Azerbaijani economy.

"We are the largest single foreign direct investor over that time," Auld said.