Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko and Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Belarus Latif Gandilov discussed trade and economic cooperation on 12 November, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian government.

The prime minister praised the growth of trade between the two countries. In January-September 2020 the trade between Belarus and Azerbaijan increased more than 2.5 times to reach $315 million.

“Industrial cooperation is also vibrant. One of Azerbaijan's leading enterprises, which has been successfully cooperating with Belarusian machine builders, is Ganja Automobile Plant. Since 2007, more than 11,000 Belarusian tractors and about 3,500 units of other equipment of famous Belarusian brands have been assembled at the plant,” Roman Golovchenko said.

According to the press service, the parties confirmed mutual interest in the intensification and expansion of mutual beneficial cooperation.