Economy Minister to Visit Azerbaijan

Iran’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Masoud Karbasian will visit Azerbaijan on Oct. 23-24, the spokesman of Iranian Embassy in Baku said.  Mohammad Reza Najafi also told Azerbaijan Press Agency that during the visit, Karbasian will meet Azerbaijan’s Minister of Economy Shahin Mustafayev.   “The meeting will focus on development of economic cooperation between the two countries. Karbasian is also expected to meet with President Ilham Aliyev,” he added.     Najafi noted that this will be Karbasian’s first visit to Azerbaijan as the new co-chairman of the Azerbaijani-Iranian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic, Trade and Humanitarian Cooperation.