OREANDA-NEWS. September 16, 2011. The Azerbaijani delegation led by communications & IT minister Ali Abbasov visited the V Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum held in China.

At the forum the minister made a report on Azerbaijan’s works and achievements in the field of ICT, and perspective plans regarding the project of creation of Trans-Eurasian Super Informational Highway (TASIM), which aims to increase access opportunities to ICT for the countries of the region. It was noted that TASIM will cover more than 20 countries.

Within the forum Abbasov held meetings with Chinese minister of science & IT Wang Gang, Indian state minister of planning, science & IT Ashwani Kumar, Pakistani minister of science & IT Mir Chingiz Khan Jamal, and heads of companies Huawei (China), YSE Technology (USA), British Telecom (UK).

In bilateral meetings the sides discussed issues of cooperation in the field of ICT, provision of mutual participation in international exhibitions, encouragement of foreign companies to invest in the ICT sector of Azerbaijan, and the possibility of access for Azerbaijani companies to international markets. Following the meeting it became known that the development of the ICT sector and the economy of Azerbaijan is of great interest around the world.