BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 6.
The German-Azerbaijani Strategic Partnership and Connections
Conference is being held in Baku, Trend's correspondent reports from the
event.


Representatives of German and Azerbaijani state institutions,
business circles, international financial institutions and other
organizations are participating in the event organized by the
German-Azerbaijan Chamber of Foreign Trade (AHK Azerbaijan).


The conference is dedicated to the theme "Mobilizing financial
resources for infrastructure, transport, logistics, green energy
and digitalization along the Middle Corridor".


Executive Director of AHK Azerbaijan, Nargis Wieck, Minister of
Economy of Azerbaijan, Mikayil Jabbarov, Minister of Energy, Parviz
Shahbazov, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
Germany to Azerbaijan, Dirk Lölke, will speak at the opening of the
event.


Within the framework of the conference, Chairman of Alat Free
Economic Zone Valeh Alasgarov, Senior Vice President for Europe of
Siemens Energy Frederick Doye, Deputy Chairman of the Board of
Directors, Chief Commercial Director of Azer-Turk Bank Farid
Guliyev, and Vice President of Silk Way West Airlines for CIS,
Türkiye and Israel, Vugar Mammadov, will also speak.


The event will feature panel discussions on the topics
"Infrastructure and energy - ensuring stable connections",
"Mobilizing investments in Azerbaijan: the role of multilateral
development banks and export credit agencies", "Transport and
logistics - Middle Corridor: Azerbaijan's strategic role and
partnerships" and "Digitalization - building a digital
corridor".


Representatives of such institutions as VNG AG, Siemens Energy,
Azerbaijan Green Energy Company (AGEC), Green Energy Corridor Power
Company, German Energy Agency (dena), Asian Development Bank (ADB),
German Federal Ministry of Economy and Energy, PASHA Bank, European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Rhenus Group,
Azerbaijan Railways, Hamburg Port Consulting, Baku Port, Roland
Berger, PwC, and AzerTelecom will participate in the panels.







Azerbaijan's Minister of Digital Development and Transport
Rashad Nabiyev will deliver a keynote speech at the conference.


Among the main discussion topics of the conference are the
development of the Middle Corridor as a global trade route, the
attraction of investments in transport and logistics
infrastructure, the production and transmission of green energy,
public-private partnership, digital transformation, digital customs
and cybersecurity issues.


At the end of the event, business-to-government (B2G) round
table sessions on "Transport and logistics infrastructure",
"Accelerating the transition to green energy" and "Digitalization
and trade" are planned.


The conference aims to expand German-Azerbaijani economic
cooperation, discuss investment opportunities along the Middle
Corridor and form new partnerships in the fields of infrastructure,
energy, transport, logistics and digitalization.


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