Press Review 03/02/15

Official newspapers write about the meeting between President Ilham Aliyev and the delegation of the US Jewish Committee headed by its Executive Director. They also publish a decree on the establishment of the Industrial Quarter in Neftchala.

Azadlig quotes the American political scientist Wayne Mary that official Baku does not only criticize the US government and President, but also criticizes significant persons in the Congress.

The newspaper writes that Ilham Aliyev instructed to provoke the head of PFPA Ali Kerimli. The latter appointed the imprisoned journalist Seymour Hazy his deputy.

Experts continue to debate the actions of the Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation at the PACE session, which supported Russia. The newspaper said that, thus, Azerbaijan put itself in a difficult position in the Karabakh issue.

Express writes that the cost of imported food and cigarettes will grow in Azerbaijan, as well as the fact that the national army will hold large-scale exercises.

Bizim Yol publishes the statement of the Speaker of the Milli Majlis Oktay Asadov that Western organizations are trying to prevent the holding of the European Olympic Games in Baku.

The Parliament reacted to the birth of the child by a prisoner Lamia Guliyeva. The Parliament considers that this fact casts doubt on the rule of law in the activities of the Prison Service.

International rating companies gave a negative credit rating outlook of Azerbaijan in connection with the decrease in the oil revenues.

Yeni Musavat writes on enhancing the so-called Union of Billionaires, which is a project of the Kremlin.

Despite the order of President Ilham Aliyev, commercial banks are not interested in financing the real sector. -0-