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News Year of Ecology in Azerbaijan

President Ilham Aliyev said that 2010 was declared the Year of Ecology in Azerbaijan. He stressed that in the country, great attention is paid towards solving environmental problems, and therefore, a specific program was adopted, which covers various areas. The program also reflects the mechanisms of implementation, the period of execution and financial sources of the scheduled measures.

Minister of ecology and natural resources Huseyngulu Bagirov, head of Executive Power of Baku Hajibala Abutalibov and president of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic Rovnag Abdullaev fully briefed President Ilham Aliyev on projects dealing with environmental problems, which will be realized in 2010 and over the next few years.

The Head of State expressed his opinions on issues of preventing air pollution, protecting forests, draining several lakes in the Absheron Peninsula, developing and transforming a number of lakes in the recreation area, and projects on renewable energy and others, commissioned a comprehensive projects and proposals all the topics discussed.

Concerned URL http://ru.trend.az/news/official/chronicle/1641825.html [open in new window]
Source of information Trend News
Release date 19/02/2010
Contributor Elena Nikitina

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