Turkmenbashi:Azerbaijan's trade turnover with Central Asian countries increased by more than 50 percent last year, as announced by President Ilham Aliyev during the 8th Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Central Asia.

According to Azeri-Press news agency, President Aliyev highlighted that over 400 companies with capital from Central Asian countries are actively operating in Azerbaijan.

Additionally, Azerbaijan has created joint investment funds with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan, each with capital amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars.