The European Union (EU) intends to support about 25,000 businessmen in Azerbaijan, Head of the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan, Ambassador Peter Michalko said during a seminar on the topic of "Creation of the national agritourism system", News.Az reports.

Michalko noted that the EU Delegation has recently expressed its interest for investing more than two billion euro in Azerbaijan's economy.

"The EU promotes introduction of advanced technologies for the development of agritourism in Azerbaijan. We are doing a lot of fruitful work in a number of Azerbaijani districts to provide local businessmen with the necessary tools to create agritourism facilities,” he said.

“Moreover, we see great economic potential in creating links between cities and villages, which will become an additional incentive for the development of rural settlements in Azerbaijan," the diplomat added.

News.Az