Caspian Energy Club has organized a Round table held with the participation of private sector representatives of the Latvian Republic. This was said by Caspian Energy Club Chairman and Group CEO, Telman Aliyev.
Participating in the Round table were the delegations of the Latvian Embassy, Ministry of Agriculture of Latvia, Caspian Energy Club, as well as representatives of the State Customs Committee of the Azerbaijan Republic, top-managers and representatives of the Caspian Energy Club member companies.
Welcoming the guests of the event, Caspian Energy Club Chairman and Group CEO Telman Aliyev expressed gratitude to the Embassy of Latvia in Azerbaijan. “I am deeply grateful to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Latvian Republic to the Azerbaijan Republic Mr. Edgars Skuja who makes all efforts to establish an open dialogue between Azerbaijani and Latvian companies. Business interests between two countries have seen growth in recent years and initiatives coming from both sides promote growth of cooperation, including its scales”, he noted.
Speaking about the LEF Network project launched in the framework of the European Union Central Baltic program, Caspian Energy Club Chairman and Group CEO Telman Aliyev highlighted the project’s contribution to green technologies, IT and education.
“I am very grateful to you for your having organized today’s event and promoted the dialogue between private sectors of both countries”, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Latvian Republic to the Azerbaijan Republic Mr. Edgars Skuja pointed. Emphasizing high significance of the event for Azerbaijan and Latvia, the Ambassador said that Caspian Energy Club has become a long-term and reliable partner of Latvia.
“Owing to this meeting today, we received competent, professional answers to questions given by representatives of our business circles. Our countries have broad and positive experience of bilateral cooperation in export, import and new technologies. I think there are areas where we can make our cooperation much broader”, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Latvian Republic to the Azerbaijan Republic Mr. Edgars Skuja noted.
“We intend to expand cooperation between two countries and increase import/export of products between Azerbaijan and Latvia. I find today’s meeting very fruitful as we have listened to several presentations, our businessmen obtained useful information and managed to establish business ties both with the State Customs Committee of the Azerbaijan Republic and private sector representatives”, State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Latvian Republic Raivis Kronbergs said. Speaking about future projects, the state secretary has informed about the draft of the memorandum of cooperation which will be signed in near future between Agriculture Ministries of Azerbaijan and Latvia.
Participating in the meeting were the delegation of Caspian Energy Club - Caspian Energy Club Chairman and Group CEO Telman Aliyev, First Deputy Chairman of Caspian Energy Club and CFO Rasim Mahmudov, Managing Director of Caspian Energy Club International Gunel Guliyeva, member of the board of Caspian Energy Club Rashad Abasov, Head of the Customs Regulation Department Jafar Guluzade, Rashad Salmanov, Chief of Division Methodology of Customs Value, Head Department of Control on Customs Revenue, Gunash Hajiyeva, Chief Inspector of Division, Detection of Customs Risk, Bahaddin Mirza, Head of the Caspian Energy Club Customs Committee, Anar Aliyev, Director of Prime Financial Services; delegation of the Embassy of the Latvian Republic - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Latvian Republic to the Azerbaijan Republic Mr. Edgars Skuja, Deputy Head of the Mission Vija Busa, Elmira Mirzayeva, Adviser for Economic Affairs; delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Latvian Republic – State Secretary Raivis Kronbergs, Romans Naudins, Adviser to the Minister, Anzelika Lazdina, Assistant to the Minister, and Oskar Balodis, representative of the Public Relations Department.
Too, representatives of such companies as SIA Rēzeknes, SIA Cēsu, SIA Gaļas nams- Ādaži, SIA Kurzemes, SIA Kurzemes, AS Ķekava Foods, Latvian Poultry Association, Public organization VAKS, and AS Smiltenes were also in the guest list.
The Round table continued with the question-and-answer session that focused on such topics as possibilities of exemption of goods from VAT, the Azerbaijan Republic legislative acts on export and import, customs legislation, Customs Code provisions, transportation, logistics, acceleration of cargo transportation, measures taken by Azerbaijan to accelerate transit across checkpoints, state border, duties, etc.
In conclusion, Caspian Energy Club Chairman and Group CEO Telman Aliyev has presented the certificate of gratitude to the State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Latvian Republic Raivis Kronbergs.
Then, the informal part of the meeting started when participants had an opportunity to get to know one another closer, talk and exchange ideas.
Established in June 2002, Caspian Energy Club brings together over 5,000 companies and organizations across 50 countries. As an active participant of the business-to-government dialogue, the major objective of Caspian Energy Club is to improve investment and business climate in Azerbaijan and in other countries where the Club operates, as well as to encourage and actively engage in B2G, B2B and B2C dialogues.
Headquartered in Baku, Caspian Energy Club is an international business networking platform regularly conducting different events. Caspian Energy Club has representative offices operating in Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Great Britain, Germany, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Poland, Türkiye, UAE, Uzbekistan as well as authorized representatives around the globe.
Caspian Energy Club International was established in 2023 with the aim to manage international projects of Caspian Energy Club. Within 5 years Caspian Energy Club International plans to open offices in 100 countries across the world. One of the major functions of Caspian Energy Club International is to manage the Club’s activity in countries where no representatives are present, and work out a general strategy for all foreign offices.
