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October 2014
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Azerbaijan-UK forum seeks to attract more UK investment in non-oil sectors On October 2, AZPROMO, in collaboration with the United Kingdom Trade and Investment (UKTI), organized the Azerbaijan-United Kingdom Business Forum at its headquarters in Baku. The forum gathered representatives of more than 60 companies from Azerbaijan and the UK to discuss ways to replicate the close collaboration in the energy sector that exists between the two countries with partnerships in technology, education, transportation, manufacturing and consulting.
In his welcoming speech, AZPROMO President Rufat Mammadov noted that the UK is one of the oldest and the largest foreign investors in Azerbaijan. The great majority of British investment in Azerbaijan, which amounts to $19bn, is concentrated in oil and gas. However, the $500m that British companies have invested in the country’s non-energy sectors so far put the country as the second largest foreign investor in Azerbaijan’s non-oil economy. “The British
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