Ilham Aliyev issued a decree to allocate funds to religious bodies of the country. The funds are allocated to support the religious communities that exist in the country and to improve their financial status.
The money is allocated from the Reserve Fund of the President of Azerbaijan. The Caucasus Muslims Office is allocated 1 million AZN, the Baku diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church is allocated 250,000 AZN, the community of Mountain Jews of Baku is allocated 250,000 AZN, the community of European Jews of Baku is allocated 100,000 AZN, the Apostolic Prefecture of the Catholic Church is allocated 100,000 AZN and the Albanian-Udi Christian community is allocated 100,000 AZN.
The Ministry of Finance will undertake financing in the amount provided by this decree. -02D
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