Pakistan, Azerbaijan reaffirm economic and strategic ties

Washington DC : In a key engagement, Senator Aurangzeb met with Azerbaijan’s First Deputy Finance Minister, Anar Karimov, reaffirming strong economic and strategic ties between the two countries. He congratulated Azerbaijan on successfully hosting COP29 and highlighted the Pakistan-Azerbaijan Preferential Trade Agreement (January 2025) and Transit Trade Agreement (December 2024) as key platforms to diversify bilateral trade beyond oil and rice into textiles, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, machinery, and agricultural products.