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PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES PARTICIPANTS IN THE 13TH AZERBAIJAN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE "TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES"
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received participants in the 13th Azerbaijan International Exhibition and Conference "Telecommunications and Information Technologies" at the Presidential Palace on Thursday.
The President pointed out the importance of the event saying “this conference and exhibition is very important to us as we pay great attention to this area.” He expressed confidence that information technologies will play an increasing role in the country. “We have good development prospects and qualified specialists in this field, which is also supported by the state,” the President said. He mentioned that Azerbaijan is positively cooperating with foreign leading IT companies, stressing, however, the necessity to expand the cooperation. “We are planning to set aside considerable funds for realization of IT projects as the area is one of our main priorities,” President Aliyev said.
The Azerbaijani leader also expressed opinion that his country is capable to make the same progress in IT sector as it did in energy one. “We are planning both to attract foreign investment and set aside budget money to this area,” he said.
Secretary-General of the International Telecommunications Union Mr. Hamadoun Toure, and UN Executive Coordinator of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development Mr. Sarbuland Khan mentioned the progress made in Azerbaijan in the field of information and communications technologies under the leadership of President Ilham Aliyev.
They expressed satisfaction at the facts that Azerbaijan had switched to broadband internet connection and started production of portable computers.