“I give an indication of all our embassies in foreign countries through your contacts to inform potential investors about the creation of this zone. We have intergovernmental commissions with many countries. We will certainly ensure the presence of representatives of the free economic zone and must necessarily provide representatives of the free economic zone and Be sure to include this topic on the agenda. ” This was told by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in an interview with Azerbaijani state television.
“Once again I want to say that we have such commissions in many countries. However, analyzing the work of these commissions, I see that foreign companies are more trying to work in Azerbaijan as contractors. That is, they want to earn more in Azerbaijan, in Azerbaijan This is the essence. We do not object, because today we attract foreign contractors, contractors even for liberated land. But we want foreign investors to invest in Azerbaijan, as government investments have already played their role.
We should understand that without direct foreign investment, our country will not be able to develop as we would like it. Therefore, the task of intergovernmental commissions with other countries is primarily in the supply of funds from abroad to Azerbaijan. I believe that this zone can be attractive to potential investors, “the head of state stressed.
The President noted that the infrastructure created in the Alyata free economic zone will be attractive for investors, new technologies will be received to our country, new jobs will be published, there will be a high wage of Azerbaijan citizens working here, competitive products will be carried out, the export opportunities of our will be expanded non-oil sector, since if you look at the structure of our gross domestic product, we will see that the oil sector does not prevail.
“But if we look at export, we will see that the absolute majority of our exports are provided by oil and gas products. Therefore, here to carry out reforms and attracting foreign investors, in particular, to the industrial sector are one of the main factors,” said President Ilham Aliyev.