BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

08/12/2007

Belarus considers Azerbaijani wine and cognac are of poor quality

Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Hopes for export of Azerbaijani wine and cognac to Belarus have not been justified.

Byelorussian ambassador Nikolay Patskevich to Azerbaijan claimed that wines and cognac made in Azerbaijan fail to conform to standards of Belarus.

"Not being wine and cognac producer we have introduced tough requirements to them. Nevertheless Azerbaijan has liqueur producers providing high quality of their output," he said.

Currently Belarus imports from Azerbaijan tobacco, cotton, juices, and chemical products. Overall export from Azerbaijan to this country is at the level of $2 million.

"We are interested to expand range of juice supplies and cotton production in Azerbaijan," Patskevich said.

Source:

http://abc.az/cgi-bin/wnews_one.cgi?nid=19682&lang=eng