A ceremony to sign bilateral documents was held today as part of the 11th meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Georgia, which took place in the city of Sighnaghi in Georgia’s Kakheti region.

Axar.az reports that the Protocol between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of Georgia on the practical operation of the Silk Road – Abreshumis Qza joint international road border crossing point was signed by Chairman of the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan Shahin Bagirov and Deputy Minister of Finance of Georgia and Head of the Revenue Service Mamuka Baratashvili.

Chairman of the Azerbaijan Food Safety Agency Goshgar Tahmazli and Head of Georgia’s National Food Agency under the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture Giorgi Yakobashvili signed memorandums of understanding between the two agencies on cooperation in plant quarantine and protection, as well as veterinary affairs.