Minister of Foreign Affairs Klaus Kinkel (1995) Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Fischer (2001, 2004) Inter-parliamentary relations The inter-parliamentary cooperation between the two countries is carried out by the Working Group on Azerbaijan-Germany inter-parliamentary relations from Azerbaijan, and the German-South Caucasus Parliamentary Group from Germany.Milli Majlis established the Working Group on Azerbaijan-Germany inter-parliamentary relations on 7 March 1997. According to the decision of Milli Majlis dated 4 March 2016, the head of the Working Group on Azerbaijan-Germany inter-parliamentary relations is Rovshan Rzayev. Consular relations The Consular Section of the Embassy of Azerbaijan to Germany carries out the consular service of Azerbaijan in Germany. Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Germany is located in Stuttgart, and the Honorary Consul of Azerbaijan is Otto Hauser. Cultural relations In 2007 the Berlin-Baku gallery was opened in Berlin as a partner of the Maiden Tower Gallery in Baku. “Year of Azerbaijan” was held in Germany in 2008, and German Culture Weeks were organized in Azerbaijan in 2009. The German church located in the area of former Helenendorf was restored in 2008 with the support of the Federal Government. Cultural night was organized at Berlin History Museum in September 2011 on the occasion of 20th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan, besides cultural evenings were held in Munich, Shtutgart, Cologne, Hamburg in 2013, in Hanover, Düsseldorf, Dresden in 2014, in Frankfurt in 2015 organized by Heydar Aliyev Foundation with support of Azerbaijani Embassy in Germany. German Embassy in Azerbaijan organized the first German teachers’ day in Azerbaijan, Shaki city in March 2017. A concert dedicated to the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Germany was organized in Berlin on December 1, 2017. Economic relations According to the statistics, bilateral merchandise trade between Azerbaijan and Germany totaled 1.914 million USD in 2015. Import volume of Azerbaijan was 690,08 million USD, and export was 1.224 million USD in 2015. In 2015, the share of Germany was 9.27% in the foreign trade turnover of Azerbaijan, including 7.48% in imports and 10.71% in exports. Germany-Azerbaijan High-level Working Group on Trade and Investment was established on May 5, 2011. Head of the Office of the Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan Samir Valiyev and Director General for Foreign Economic Policy of the Ministry of Economy and Technology of Germany Eckhard Franz are the Co-chairs of the Group. The Group organized meetings in 2011 and