OFFICIAL NEWS
President Ilham Aliyev receives Director General, Editor-in-Chief and editorial staff members of The Business Year magazine
Baku, April 4 (AZERTAC). President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Director General of The Business Year magazine Ayse Nazir Valentin, its Editor-in-Chief Jason John Nash as well as members of the editorial staff.
Ayse Nazir Valentin said The Business Year carried out its first Azerbaijan-related project in 2010. She said the magazine`s 2011 issue marked the 20th anniversary of Azerbaijan`s independence, and the 2012 issue highlighted the Eurovision song contest in Baku. Ayse Nazir Valentin said this year they made a special edition on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of national leader Heydar Aliyev.
President Ilham Aliyev praised what The Business Year had been doing to promote Azerbaijan, describing this as a good opportunity for introducing the country to the international community. The President hailed the fact that the magazine highlighted Azerbaijan`s achievements in politics, economy, security, business, investment making and foreign relations.
Noting that the The Business Year declared President Ilham Aliyev ‘Person of the Year’, Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Jason John Nash presented the award to the Head of State. He said President Ilham Aliyev was honored for his role in ensuring Azerbaijan`s rapid development in the last five years, turning the country into an important actor on the global geopolitical scene, and ensuring Azerbaijan`s tremendous contribution to maintaining global peace and security as an UN Security Council member.
President Ilham Aliyev thanked The Business Year magazine for the award. The Head of State said it was economic successes that lay behind the country`s overall development. President Ilham Aliyev noted that the dependence on oil and gas factor decreased in Azerbaijan as a result of the diversification of the economy and the use of oil revenues in a transparent manner for the benefit of the people.
The President also highlighted development of the ICT sector in Azerbaijan, as well as the country`s prospering space industry.