Russia’s deputy PM due in Azerbaijan

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin will visit Baku in early December, said Konstantin Evstyukhin, managing director on non-monetary support of the Russian Export Center.

Evstyukhin made the remarks Nov. 1 during a round-table meeting, entitled "Industry: Prospects of bilateral cooperation” as part of the 7th Azerbaijani-Russian Interregional Forum, which was opened Nov. 1 in Baku.

He said that Dmitry Rogozin will visit Azerbaijan to participate in the meeting of the Azerbaijan-Russia intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation.

The commission’s previous meeting was held on Oct. 9, 2015. Azerbaijan’s First Deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyyubov is the commission’s c-chair from the Azerbaijani side.