Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Kourkoulas concluded a three-day working visit to Baku, Azerbaijan (March 6-8), accompanied by the Foreign Ministry’s Secretary General for International Economic Relations and Development Cooperation, Peter Mihalos. During his visit, Kourkoulas met with Azerbaijan’s Industry and Energy Minister Natig Aliyev, Economic Development Minister Shahin Mustafayev, Culture and Tourism Minister Abulfas Garayev, and Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammad Guliyev.

He also addressed a business forum, hosted by the Greek-Azerbaijani Chamber of Commerce, where he outlined areas such as energy (oil refineries & renewables), maritime transport, agriculture, tourism, in which business cooperation could prove beneficial to both countries.