More than 200 global and regional leaders from business, government and civil society have attended the World Economic Forum in Azerbaijan today.
A short film about economic development of the South Caucasus and Central Asia has been demonstrated in the opening of the World Economic Forum.
Frederick Starr, Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Johns Hopkins University, highlighted prospects for cooperation among the regional countries.
SIA reports quoting AzerTAc that President Ilham Aliyev made a speech at the event. The President drew the participants` attention to Azerbaijan`s economic development. "In the last ten years our primary goal has been to diversify the national economy," said the Azerbaijani leader, adding the country`s economy has seen a three-fold growth. The President spoke of Azerbaijan`s prospering space industry, referring to the launch of the country`s first communications satellite in February.
Other speakers at the first session included Bakytzhan Sagintayev, First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Andrey Kostin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, VTB Bank, Russian Federation, Djoomart Otorbaev, First Vice-Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, and Taner Yildiz, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey.
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