Government meeting on results of six months
A meeting of the Cabinet on the results of the first half of 2014 was held under the chairmanship of President Ilham Aliyev today.
According to information from the site to the President, after the opening speech by Aliyev, the Minister of Economy and Industry Shahin Mustafayev, the Agriculture Minister Heydar Asadov, and the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare Salim Muslimov made speeches.
The detailed report of the meeting will be published by official media in the evening. -16D04-
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