Press Review 14.03.2017

The Azerbaijan-French relations, the problems of the agrarian region, the reduction of oil revenues, and the low quality of life in the country are the leading topics of today's press.

The newspaper Azerbaijan published an article on the 25^th anniversary of diplomatic relations with France. This direction of foreign policy, the newspaper notes, is one of the priorities. The trade turnover between the countries amounted to about 2 billion dollars. More than 50 French companies work in Azerbaijan. The author also touches President Ilham Aliyev's visit to France.

The website Azadliq.info writes about the problems of the agrarian sector of the country and cites the reflections of the economist Vaheed Maharramov. According to him, corrupt officials define the agrarian policy in Azerbaijan. The expert tells about the problems in the agrarian field, related to the shortage of mineral fertilizers, machinery and equipment, the lack of sufficient lending and financing.

Echo published an article on Azerbaijan's income from oil sales in 2017 and whether the volume of oil production will decrease. As for profits from the sale of oil, if prices are at $ 55 per barrel, then Azerbaijan will gain about the same amount as in 2016, that is, about $ 5.1 billion.

Novoye Vremya writes about the consequences of raising the retirement age and the influence of this factor on the quality of life. Amendments and additions to the law On Labor Pensions provide for the elimination of the concept Basic Part of Labor Pension and the 12-year experience required for the appointment of a pension, as well as an increase in the retirement age for women and men to 65 years.

The minimum pension is 110 manat, and the average pension is 203 manat, but it is impossible to survive on this money.