BAKU: Azerbaijan interested in attracting more investors

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
May 20 2006

Azerbaijan interested in attracting more number of investors – Azeri
Amb to Germany

Source: Trend
Author: R. Abdullayev

20.05.2006

Azerbaijan is interested in attracting more and more investors to the
country `s economy and successful work in this direction is underway,
Trend quoted Parviz Shabaziv, the Azerbaijani Ambassador to Germany
as stating in an interview for German magazine Diplomatisches
Magazin.

The diplomat noted that to date interests on Azerbaijan have
increased considerably. Many German companies voice their will in
cooperation with Azerbaijan and mutually profitable relationships
have been established.

The same time the Ambassador noted boom ion economic growth of the
country observed over the past few years, in particular opening
of380,000 new jobs.

the diplomat also touched the occupation of 20% of Azerbaijani
territory by Armenia. `We support peaceable resolution of the
conflict and are ready to grant Nagorno-Karabakh with high status of
autonomy, exiting throughout the world,’ Shahbazov underlined. Baku
is ready to open transport corridor to Armenia. The resolution of the
problem was impossible due to Armenia’s non-constructive position,
which desires annexation of this region.

`Armenia should understand that the situation cannot go on in such a
way,’ the diplomat concluded.