Azerbaijan’s economy minister discusses economic agenda with US officials

Azerbaijan’s Minister of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov has held a meeting with Rebecca Neff, Senior Advisor at the US State Department’s Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs and Sarah Leaming, US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Manager for Europe and Eurasia, during which the sides discussed strategic relations between the countries.

Sharing a post on his X account, the minister said they had highlighted the elevation of Azerbaijan–US relations to the level of a strategic partnership and the favourable environment created to strengthen economic relations, Caliber.Az reports.

We held a meeting with the delegations led by Rebecca Neff, the Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary in the U.S. State Department's (@StateDept) Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, and Sarah Leming, the Country Manager for Europe and Eurasia at the U.S. Trade… pic.twitter.com/cNQoUeiBxi

— Mikayil Jabbarov (@MikayilJabbarov) April 15, 2026

“We also discussed the energy corridors, the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP), the economic and commercial components of the Strategic Partnership Charter, as well as opportunities for U.S. companies to participate in infrastructure, transport, digitalization, artificialintelligence, and other priority projects being implemented in our country,” Jabbarov added.

By Bakhtiyar Abbasov