Azerbaijani leader: a new stage of reforms under start in 2019

12:09 - 13.02.2019


February 13, Fineko/abc.az. Azerbaijan is launching a new stage of reforms this year.

In an interview for local TV channel REAL TV the Azerbaijani president stated that the main goal of the reforms started in 2019 is to turn Azerbaijan into a modern, developing, and in the future developed country, eliminate the shortcomings in the country, remove completely from the agenda the problems concerning Azerbaijani citizens, improve the welfare of people, and build a stronger, more powerful state.

"We are pursuing purposeful, all-round policy in this direction, and strengthening our international positions. We come up with initiatives for regional cooperation. Today, Azerbaijan has become a transport center of Eurasia. Particularly, the country transferred not into one of the transport centers, but precisely into the transport center, as the North-South and East-West transport corridors pass through the territory of our country. We used this geographical location very effectively and created powerful infrastructure. Today, more than 10 countries are cooperating in the North-South and East-West corridors. And only one country, Azerbaijan, is involved in both projects," the head of state underlined.

He pointed out that the events in the world and the region dictate the significance of conducting more effective work, and transparency should become the basic principle.

"The reforms prepared last year and launched this year, in particular, the reforms carried out in the economic, social and agricultural spheres, allow us to obtain additional financial resources. Quite a serious step has been taken recently to raise the minimum wage, and other socially oriented steps have been taken. It became possible to achieve such results due to the fact that in the first month of this year we received additional income, precisely due to transparency and the right approach," President Ilham Aliyev said.

The country’s head stressed that those finances could be directed for various areas, for example, increase of reserves and implementation of infrastructure projects.

"But I decided that the received additional financial resources should be directed first of all to improve the welfare of citizens, and we did it. Strong social policy is going to remain as one of the most important questions on our agenda," President Aliyev emphasized.

 

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