Azerbaijan may discover absolutely new opportunities to connect markets of Asia and Europe, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk said TurkicWorld reports.
Overchuk made the remark at the conference "Current state and prospects of Russian-Azerbaijani relations in the context of integrated processes" in Baku on Dec. 16.
"We can work together here and achieve joint success. Russia's investments in Azerbaijan reached $4.5 billion, and Azerbaijan's investments in Russia - $1.5 billion. Russian business is interested in working in Azerbaijan and there are good prospects for the development and creation of railways, for development of renewable energy sources, high-tech enterprises, and logistics,” he noted.
“Now we have new opportunities to connect North-South and West-East. The entire EAEU region can benefit from this. Construction of new highways from the borders of Kazakhstan to the Baltic ports and Belarus is being conducted. One is in active construction stage, and another - Meridian - will pass from Kazakhstan to Belarus in the Gomel region. We are very serious about these projects to start working in the near future," added the official.
