Baku / 29.01.18 / Turan: Under the chairmanship of President Ilham Aliyev, a conference on the results of 4 years of the State Program of Social and Economic Development of Regions for 2014-2018 was opened in Baku on Monday.
As it was said in the official message, Aliyev delivered a speech, where he assessed the work done and the tasks ahead.
This is the third five-year program of regional development. The previous ones covered the periods 2004-2008 and 2009-2013. -05D06--
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