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French Ambassador to Azerbaijan Aurelia Bouchez has attended the opening of the winter school that organized for the teachers of the Azerbaijan State University of Economics.

Rector of Azerbaijan State University of Economics Adalat Muradov highlighted the importance of arranging the winter school.

Ambassador Aurelia Bouchez spoke about the educational opportunities in France, and stressed the importance of benefiting from the positive sides of the experience of Paris-Sorbonne University.

Another winter school will be arranged for the teachers of Azerbaijan State University of Economics by Turkish Uludag University Professor Ercan Dulgeroglu.

The winter school will last until Saturday.

France recognized the independence of Azerbaijan on January 3, 1992. Azerbaijan and France established diplomatic relations in February 1992.

Azerbaijan and France are actively developing their relations. The trade turnover between Azerbaijan and France amounted to $1.681 billion in 2014.

French companies are actively participating in the petrochemical, food, agricultural, machine engineering, tourism and other spheres in Azerbaijan.

Some 91 companies from France are involved in the oil and gas projects in Azerbaijan as subcontractors. At the same time, over 50 French companies are involved in the non-oil sectors' projects, including the first Azerbaijani telecommunications satellite Azerspace, and a plant for solid waste recycling.

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