Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov has signed a Joint Statement on Strategic Partnership in Critical Raw Materials with Italian ministers.

"During our working visit to Italy, together with Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy, and Adolfo Urso, Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy, we signed a Joint Statement on strategic partnership in the field of critical raw materials. The document aims to strengthen industrial cooperation between our countries by combining Azerbaijan’s resource potential with Italy’s technological expertise. This partnership opens new opportunities for joint initiatives to develop processing capacities and produce high-value-added products," Jabbarov wrote on X.