According to recent comments from Zaur Fatizadeh, the Director General of the Azerbaijan's Tax Ministry Department for International Cooperation and Tax Monitoring at Financial Institutions, Azerbaijan is ready to sign income tax treaties with Ireland, Malaysia, Morocco, Singapore, and the Slovak Republic. Negotiations are also underway with tax treaties with Albania, Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, India, Turkmenistan, Portugal, and Oman. The treaties will all be the first of their kind between Azerbaijan and the respective countries.