Aliyev praises ties with China ahead of visit to Beijing
In an interview with Chinese media, the Azerbaijani president praised trade and investment ties between his country and China.
In an interview with Chinese media, the Azerbaijani president praised trade and investment ties between his country and China.
Many of the original media reports of the potential Chinese plans have since been scrubbed.
Pro-government media also reported that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev would visit China later sometime in April.
Azerbaijan appears to be looking east in a bid to attract Chinese investment to its economy, despite concerns raised by experts about ‘dependency’ on China’s production and economy. On Monday, Azerbaijan hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Baku. The SCO is an international trade and security organisation established by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan in 1996, to which Azerbaijan has been a dialogue partner since 2015. Azerbaijan and China’s pre