Ammon News - Minister of Investment, Khairy Amr, met Sunday with an Azerbaijani economic delegation, which is visiting Jordan to discuss investment opportunities in the Kingdom.

The delegation includes Chairman of the Board of the Small Business Development Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SMBDA) Orkhan Mammadov, Azerbaijan Ambassador to the Kingdom, Eldar Salimov, accompanied by a group of businessmen from Azerbaijan.

The meeting covered bilateral ties in commercial, industrial and investment fields, and ways to enhance and develop them, a ministry statement said Sunday.

The meeting also discussed the successful economic policies established by the Kingdom to support the private sector, and pointed to key incentives, legislation and promising opportunities in Jordan, which encourage foreign investment and provide more investment opportunities for companies wishing to invest in the Kingdom.

According to the statement, a Jordanian-Azerbaijani Economic and Investment Business Forum will be held in the coming period. It aims to enhance the level of economic and investment relations between the two countries, and link the Jordanian and Azerbaijani business communities in sectors of common interest, such as education, medical care, tourism, agriculture, food and pharmaceutical industries.