PRESIDENT’S PRESS SECRETARY HELD BRIEFING ON 2004 FIRST-HALF RESULTS
He said, in particular, that since President of the Azerbaijan Republic Mr. Ilham Aliyev assumed the presidency, the large-scale work has been carried out to: reinforce the Azerbaijan statehood, whose foundation had been laid by nationwide leader Heydar Aliyev, ensure dynamic development of Azerbaijan in political, socio-economic, cultural and other spheres, provide socio-political stability, improvement of the population’s welfare and social conditions of those people who have become refugee and internally displaced persons, continue successful foreign policy, strengthen the national army, successively assert the fair stance of Azerbaijan in the international arena as for the country’s hardest problem - the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.
The press-secretary has informed the audience on the decrees and executive orders signed by Mr. Ilham Aliyev since taking over the presidency in connection with social and economic development of Azerbaijan and support of entrepreneurship, creating new job opportunities in the country, development of financial and banking system, further improvement of social conditions for refugees and IDPs, as well as the President’s visits to regions and his familiarization with newly launched enterprises and participation in the events.
The President’s press secretary finally emphasized that social and economic development of Azerbaijan and improvement of living conditions for refugees and IDPs had been marked by the Head of State as priority directions of his activity. One of the most important issues is opening new jobs, and the work based on the tasks set by the President of Azerbaijan in this sphere will be continued in future, he said.