President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has met with the US Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs, Robert Hormats, in Davos.

Robert Hormats passed greetings from the US President and Secretary of State to the President of Azerbaijan. The Assistant Secretary of State said that the White House was giving a high assessment to the development ongoing in Azerbaijan, in particular the successful economic and industrial reform.

The sides expressed their confidence that the measures taken in Azerbaijan to combat corruption, as well as the investment made in the non-oil sector, would yield fruit. The parties also exchanged views on regional matters.

The meeting also stressed the importance of the forthcoming meeting of the joint US-Azerbaijani intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation from the standpoint of the discussion of specific areas of cooperation.