President Ilham Aliyev inaugurates two plants - UPDATE - PHOTOS

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has today attended a ceremony to lay the foundation stone for Balakhani Industrial Park.

Economic development minister Shahin Mustafayev told the Head of State the establishment of the park was aimed at expanding the manufacture of competitive industrial products, ensuring sustainable development of the non-oil sector, increasing the population`s employment in the industrial sector, as well as improving environmental situation in Baku and adjacent districts.

Balakhani Industrial Park will open favorable opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors in reprocessing industry.

The President laid the foundation stone for the park.

The Head of State was also informed of Balakhani water supply project. The President was told that a more than 80km long pipeline will be built in Balakhani as part of a project to establish the water supply system. Construction work will take a year.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today inaugurated the Baku municipal solid waste incineration plant.

The Head of State familiarized himself with the activity of the plant.

Economic Development Minister Shahin Mustafayev informed the President that the facility is the biggest municipal solid waste incineration plant in the Eastern Europe and CIS. The plant was built by French CNIM Company.

President Ilham Aliyev laid foundation stone for the facility on November 3, 2009.
The plant capacity is 500,000 t/per year. The plant will generate 231,500 megawatt of electricity from incineration of household waste.

President Ilham Aliyev launched the facility by pressing a button. The Head of State watched a documentary on the activity of the Baku municipal solid waste incineration plant.

President Ilham Aliyev addressed the event.

Chairman of the Management Board of CNIM Company Nicolas Dmitrieff also delivered a speech at the event.

The Head of State praised the conditions created in the plant and wished the facility`s staff successes.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today opened a municipal solid waste sorting factory in Balakhani.

President Ilham Aliyev familiarized himself with an administrative building of the facility. Economic Development Minister Shahin Mustafayev informed the Head of State about the factory`s activity.

Then, the Azerbaijani leader became familiar with working mechanism of the municipal solid waste sorting factory.

The Head of State was told that the factory is the first pilot project in Azerbaijan in this field. The facility`s annual capacity is 200,000 tons of production.

The Head of State praised the conditions created in the municipal solid waste sorting factory.


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