POLITICS
Azerbaijan`s deputy prime minister meets UN official
Baku, November 16 (AZERTAC). Azerbaijan`s Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Republican Commission for International Humanitarian Assistance Ali Hasanov met Andrei Abramov, chief of NGO branch of the United Nations Secretariat of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
Mr. Hasanov briefed the guest on occupation of Azerbaijani lands by Armenia and activity of the government in humanitarian sphere. He said the government always supports the activity of NGOs.
Mr. Abramov congratulated Ali Hasanov on election of Azerbaijan as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. Mr. Hasanov said this achievement has been gained thanks to the successive policy of President Ilham Aliyev. Mr. Abramov praised development of Azerbaijan`s civil society institutions and activity of the International Eurasia Press Fund (IEPF), which invited him to visit Azerbaijan. He informed about international conference on development of youth civil society to be held in Azerbaijan early 2012.