BAKU, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev vowed to enhance cooperation on trade and energy, the Azerbaijan state news agency reported Friday.
While speaking at the joint press conference after the meeting between the two delegations in Azerbaijan capital of Baku, Radev said he greatly appreciated the long-term political, cultural and spiritual ties between the two countries.
"Today we have reaffirmed the possibility of relations, as well as intensified the political and economic dialogue and also stressed the importance of relations between our countries for the development and deepening of cooperation," Radev said.
"President Aliyev pointed out that the overall volume of trade between our countries is insufficient. We can achieve better results," Radev said, stressing that his country can contribute to the development of Azerbaijan's agricultural and pharmaceutical fields.
Regarding energy cooperation, the Bulgarian president said that thanks to its high technological capabilities in the energy sector, Azerbaijan can actively cooperate with Bulgaria's relevant bodies in the gasification of Bulgaria's household sector and development of the filling station network in Bulgaria.
"The energy sphere will unite us for many years, and we reaffirm our support for the implementation of the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) project," said Radev, adding that Azerbaijan plays a crucial role in the implementation of the SGC project.
"We have reaffirmed mutual interest in the development of transport and gas corridors between Asia and Europe. Our countries occupy a strategic position in the region, and we must take full advantage of this position," Radev said.
"We are satisfied with the level of cooperation in the political and economic fields. However, I'm sure that our potential in the economic sphere is higher than it is today," Aliyev said.
The trade turnover between the two countries reached almost 6.39 million U.S. dollars in January-June 2017, Azerbaijan's State Customs Committee said.
