On July 12 the head of the UN Office in Azerbaijan Gulam Isakzai and Azerbaijan’s Economic Development Minister Shahin Mustafayev signed a framework agreement on cooperation for 2016-2020.
The UN will assist in carrying out reforms in Azerbaijan, Isakzai said at the signing ceremony. The government is implementing reforms and preparing a strategy to diversify the economy, and the UN is ready to contribute to it. "Our contribution includes policy advice and expertise. We can help in the development of agriculture, health and other spheres," Isakzai said.
In turn, Mustafayev noted that the new program covers three areas: the promotion and diversification of the economic development, the strengthening and effectiveness of public and social services; and modernization of environmental management.
The framework program pays special attention to the expansion of e-services, the creation of industrial zones and neighborhoods, increase in the role of young people and others. -02D-
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A court in the Mangystau region of Kazakhstan has sentenced blogger Azamat Sarsenov to a 10-day detention for filming the crash site of an Embraer 190 passenger plane in Aktau. The ruling was confirmed by the court's press service, according to reports from RBC.
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The families of those killed in the crash of the AZAL passenger plane “Embrayer-190” will be paid compensation in the amount of 40 thousand manats (about 24 thousand dollars).
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On 26 December, Ramzan Kadyrov awarded his nephew Khamzat Kadurov, who holds the post of secretary of the Chechen Security Council, with the medal "For Services to the Chechen Republic".
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The Russian side must apologize for the air defense attack on the Azerbaijani civilian aircraft, said Azerbaijani MP Rasim Musabeyov.
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