1,349 foreigners permitted to work in Azerbaijan within two months of 2008

Elnur Kelentarov, spokesman for Azerbaijan's Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the population noted that the Ministry received appeals from 360 employers with a request to permit employment of 2,030 foreign citizens with 1,349 appeals granted.

Kelentarov said most people willing to work in Azerbaijan are citizens of Turkey and Georgia. They are mainly hired in the construction and oil sector.

It should be noted that 1,783 foreigners, engaged in the economic sector were officially registered in our country in 2007.

/Day.Az/