BAKU, December 4. /IA "Dunyo"/. The Trading House of Uzbekistan opened in the capital of Azerbaijan, and this event was covered in the Azerbaijani media, reports the correspondent of the "Dunyo" information agency.

Thus, the publication "vesti.az" reports that the official opening ceremony was attended by Chairman of the Board of the Agency for the Development of Small and Medium Businesses (KOBİA) Orkhan Mamedov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan Bakhrom Ashrafkhanov, Deputy Executive Director of the Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Agency (AZPROMO) Zohrab Gadirov, Chairman of the Association of Clubs and Small and Medium Businesses (KOBSKA) Nigar Aleskerova, deputies and other officials.

According to the portal, Ambassador Bakhrom Ashrafkhanov expressed confidence that the opening of the Trade House of Uzbekistan will have a beneficial effect on economic relations between the two countries. The publication notes that over the past 6 years, trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan has increased approximately 9 times.

Deputy Chairman of the Association of Industry and Construction Materials of Uzbekistan for Investment, Import and Economy Ilyas Rakhimov presented a memorable gift to the founder and director of the Trading House of Uzbekistan Ramin Sharifov, who, in turn, emphasized that the launch of such a center will take an important place in the history of relations between Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan. "Today’s opening ceremony shows that economic relations between our countries are at a high level," he said. - We are pleased that Uzbek businessmen are showing great interest in Azerbaijan. A working trip of Azerbaijani businessmen to Uzbekistan will be organized in the near future. The main goal of the visit is to promote the export process by ensuring the activities of manufacturing companies operating in our country in the Uzbekistan market," vesti.az quotes Ramin Sharifov.

It is reported that guests invited to the opening of the Trade House of Uzbekistan also toured the exhibition hall. "Here, guests were informed that the exhibited products covered more than 10 industries (construction, electronics, textiles, household appliances, plumbing, leather goods, etc.)," the publication says.