No one has the right to speak the language of threats and ultimatums with Azerbaijan.
This was said by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at a meeting dedicated to the results of the country’s socio-economic development in the first half of the year.
“Our state budget for this year has already reached a record level, having exceeded 33 billion manat. However, receiving additional revenues in the first half of the year allowed us to make additions to the budget to resolve acute issues, which we did. Today, the volume of our budget is more 36 billion manat, and, of course, this allows us to implement the main investment projects of the country. First of all, I want to once again say that we should give a new impetus to large -scale construction in the liberated territories and increase our military power. We set the goal several years ago to ensure the volume of our external public debt at a level below 10 percent of the gross domestic product. We have already reached this goal. In absolute numbers, our debt is only $ 6.7 billion, this is about 10 percent of our gross domestic product., ”the head emphasized.” states.
According to the president, the main two areas of activity after the budget clarification were the restoration of Karabakh and East Zangesur, as well as the buildup of our military power.
“In the first direction, I can say that everything is going faster than our plans. We mobilized all our forces. The surplus in the first 6 months of the year amounted to about 10 billion dollars. If these pace is preserved, then imagine For ourselves, what indicators we will achieve by the end of the year, and, of course, this will have a direct impact on ensuring macroeconomic stability, ”said President Ilham Aliyev.
The president noted that this year it was ensured by the return of former forced immigrants to the village of Talysh and the city of Lachin, and by the end of the year the former forced immigrants will return to the city of Lachin, to the village of Zabukh and SUS. “The program for the return is carried out sequentially. Thus, by the end of the year, our citizens will completely settle their original lands, namely five of our settlements – one city and four villages. In total, in the framework of the first stage of the Great Return, it is planned to reconstruct 100 settlements” , – emphasized the president of Azerbaijan.