OREANDA-NEWS. December 20, 2010. Governor of the Central Bank, Elman Rustamov hosted World Bank Regional Director for the South Caucasus, Asad Alam, reported the press-centre of Central Bank of Azerbaijan.

During the visit, implementation of Joint Economic Research Program (JERP) jointly with the World Bank, subject and format of the Second Forum as well as Azerbaijani days to be held in the World Bank’s Washington Office were among the discussed topics.

Asad Alam expressed his content regarding the level of relations with Azerbaijan, as well as incremental number of different projects. Also, he appreciated the activities of the organization he represents in Azerbaijani financial banking sector and expressed his gratitude to the Governor of the World Bank for his support.

In his turn, Governor of the Central Bank Elman Rustamov especially highlighted the role of JERP in strengthening the potential of the Center for Researches and Development by stressing the increasing development of relations between the World Bank and the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Further mutual relations of the Central Bank with the World Bank were also discussed at the meeting.