Communications minister to visit Slovenia

An Azerbaijani delegation led by Minister of Communications and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov will visit Slovenia in late August.

The visit aims to attend a two-day Bled Strategic Forum to start in this country on August 26, the Ministry department head Rufat Gulmammadov said.

He said that about 250 delegates from different countries, including the President of Georgia, prime ministers of Lithuania, Macedonia and Tataristan, would participate in the opening ceremony of the event.

The Azerbaijani delegation will hold a two-hour presentation on the development of information and communications technologies in Azerbaijan on August 27.

During the visit to last till August 30, Minister Abbasov will meet with the Slovenian minister of transport and communication Janez Bozic as well as the leadership of the Iskratel joint venture to discuss the prospect of bilateral relations. A memorandum on cooperation will be signed with the factory as well.*