In the first half of 2014 in 12 regions of Azerbaijan there were revealed facts of abuse of granting social assistance. According to the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, 647 families were arbitrarily numbered among the categories of the poor, on the basis of what they spent 710,310 manat.
The talk is about the Aghdam, Goranboy, Imishli, Saatli, Masalli, Lerik, Jalilabad, Bilasuvar, Sumgait, Oguz, Khazar and Dashkesan areas, said at today's press conference the head of state welfare services Chingiz Aliyev. In identifying the theft, a special role was played by the list of names of targeted social aid recipients on the web page of the Ministry. The alert neighbors helped officials with the identification of the crimes, he added.
According to the results of the inspections, illegal allocation of social assistance was suspended and 344,571 manat (48.5% of the embezzled funds) returned to the budget. In this regard, ministry officials in five areas were dismissed, they were sent to the General Prosecutor's Office. -17D-
Economics
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On 21 December, Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit met with Azerbaijani Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rashad Nabiyev at the Russian Ministry of Transport.
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Hundreds of trucks are stuck in the Kazakh port of Kuryk, facing delays for several days while waiting for ferry transport to Azerbaijan, the Azakhstan portal reports lada.kz. The backlog is due to a combination of reduced ferry availability, adverse weather conditions, and an influx of cargo rerouted because of expanded sanctions on Russia.
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Members of the Association of Independent Industrialists and Businessmen (MÜSIAD) have invested 61.3 million manats in Azerbaijan's economy over the past three years, Rashad Jabirli, chairman of "MÜSIAD Azerbaijan," revealed during a media briefing.
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While the global economy faces persistent challenges, trade between China and Azerbaijan has defied downward trends, demonstrating significant growth. According to official statistics from Azerbaijan, bilateral trade in 2023 reached 3.1 billion US dollars. In just the first ten months of 2024, trade volume increased by 17.1% year-on-year, reaching 3.02 billion US dollars, putting the annual trade figure on track to hit a record high.
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