The quality of fuel manufactured in Azerbaijan will be increased up to Euro-3 standard till the end of 2014, Sabig Abdullayev, Director of the Institute of Standardization and Certification of the Azerbaijan State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Patents, told journalists.
“We have been negotiating with SOCAR, which has been working to improve quality of manufactured petrol. We have concluded a cooperarion agreement with SOCAR. According to the agreement, the national standards will be applied, which will be use for design, construction and operation of a new oil refinery. This will be a six-year-long cooperation and we expect introduction of about 2,000 standards in various fields a sa result of this cooperation,” he said.
He said the draft decision of the Cabinet of Ministers on application of a new standard is ready and the publicity will be informed about its entrance into force.—0---
Economics
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Rashad Huseynov has been appointed as the new director of the Center for Agricultural Research under the Ministry of Agriculture, replacing Firdousi Fikretzade who led the center since 2019. Fikretzade stepped down from his position on June 10 at his own request.
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Since July 1, bus and metro fares have increased by 10 qəpik, reaching 50 qəpik. The fare for buses on the Baku-Sumgayit route has risen from 60 qəpik to 70 qəpik. However, it is reported that there has been no improvement in service quality following the price increase. According to complaints, air conditioners are not working on buses operating in the periphery, and overcrowding persists.
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Rovshan Najaf, President of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), held a meeting with Bojan Kumer, Slovenia's Minister of Environment, Climate and Energy, to discuss bilateral cooperation in the energy sector.
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Azerbaijani Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov met with a delegation led by the World Bank's Regional Director for the South Caucasus, Roland Price, to discuss the development of cooperation in the energy sector.
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