Today.Az - President Ilham Aliyev visits Yevlakh, Barda, Naftalan and Gadabay districts - UPDATE

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12 September 2013 [08:00] - Today.Az

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has visited Halal Gida dairy and vegetable logistics complex in Gadabay district.

The total budget of the project is 4.1 million of which 2.7 million came as a lax credit from the National Fund for Entrepreneurship Assistance. The cold storage warehousing complex with the capacity of 10 thousand tons was provided with modern equipment. The complex will help entrepreneurs from Gadabay and surrounding regions to store their products. The potato processing factory with the capacity of five tons per day was fitted with the Dutch-made equipment.

The factory will be receiving potato from local farmers.

Executive Director of the National Fund Shirzad Abdullayev briefed President Ilham Aliyev about the production and processing enterprises here and surrounding regions.

The Head of State got familiarized with the dairy having the capacity of 10 tons per day. The factory will be provided with the packaging equipment made by Tetra Pak company. The products will be produced under Gadabay brand.

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09:30
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended the opening of a new plant of the Azerbaijan International Mining Company Limited in Gadabay.

The President was informed that the construction of the plant started in 2012, and ended in June, 2013. The plant`s capacity is 100-150 tons of ore in hour.

The Head of State watched production process. The facility is supplied with foreign-made technology. The plant covers a total area of 14.4 square meters. The plant will produce an estimated 32,000 ounces of gold.

President Ilham Aliyev pressed a start button to launch the facility.

The Azerbaijani leader praised the conditions created at the plant.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended the opening a bridge over the Cholpan River in Gadabay.

Transport Minister Ziya Mammadov informed the President that the construction of the bridge started in November, 2012, and ended in September, 2013.

The facility is 95 meters in length, and 14 meters in width.

The Head of State watched a documentary on the construction work and landscaping in Gadabay.

The President was also informed about the newly remodeled Gadabay-Novosaratovka-Garavalilar highway.

The two-lane Gadabay-Novosaratovka section of the highway is 27 km in length, and 7 meters in width. The reconstruction work has already ended on this stretch.

The two-lane Novosaratovka-Garavalilar stretch of the road will be 29 km in length, and 6 meters in width. The reconstruction work is underway here.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today attended the opening of the Ashig Music School in Gadabay District.

Prior to the opening ceremony, the Head of the State met members of the general public.

On behalf of the Gadabay’s Ashig music performers, President Ilham Aliyev was presented with a saz (folk musical instrument).

The Head of the State made a speech at the event.

Professor Maharram Gasimli thanked the Head of the State for his attention to development of Gadabay.

The Head of the State cut a ribbon symbolizing the opening of the Music School.

President Ilham Aliyev then toured the school.

A monument to Ashig Alasgar was erected in the yard of the facility.

The two-storey building has a library, a reading room, a 120-seat assembly hall, a recording studio, a make-up room, a canteen and a museum of the Ashig music art.

The Head of the State praised the conditions created here.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has arrived in Gadabay District.

The Head of State started his visit by placing flowers at a monument to national leader Heydar Aliyev in the central park.

Head of Gadabay District Executive Authorities Ramiz Yedigarov informed the Azerbaijani President about the landscaping in the park.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has inspected the construction work at the Qarabag sanatorium in Naftalan District.

The Head of State was informed that the sanatorium covered a total area of 5 hectares. The construction work started here in 2012.

The five-storey building of the Qarabag sanatorium will have 132 rooms. All conditions will be created here for local and foreign guests` rest.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended a ceremony to start supply of drinking water to the city of Naftalan.

The Head of the State first met members of the general public.

The President viewed the stands reflecting the master plan of the project on the reconstruction of the water supply and sewage system of Naftalan.

Chairman of Azersu company Gorkhmaz Huseynov informed President Ilham Aliyev that the old water supply and sewage system of the city was built in 1970.

About 81 percent of the 9,000 population of Naftalan and adjacent villages were supplied with drinking water in a centralized manner. The water supply system is 47km in length. Drinking water was supplied to private homes continuously and to apartment buildings on a schedule of four to five hours a day.

The project on the reconstruction of the water supply and sewage systems of Naftalan was worked out by Azerbaijani Government and Japan International Cooperation Agency.

The President was told that the project had been prepared in accordance with the instructions of the President and in an effort to resolve these problems. The project on the reconstruction of water supply and sanitation system of Naftalan has been designed with a view to future development up to 2035 and is intended to improve water and sanitation services provided to 13,000 residents of the city, and the villages of Gasimbeyli and Gashalti-Garagoyunlu.

The project uses the Balligaya water line as a source of drinking water supply to the city of Naftalan and surrounding villages. A water intake installation with sand filters with a capacity of 3,000 cubic meters per day has been built in order to ensure uninterrupted supply of drinking water to the city.

After reviewing the project, President Ilham Aliyev launched the installation to start supply of drinking water to the city of Naftalan.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended the opening of the Heydar Aliyev Center in Naftalan District.

The Head of State cut a ribbon symbolizing the opening of the Center.

The construction of the facility started in August, 2012, and ended in September, 2013. The two-storey building of the Center covers a total area of 722 square meters.

There are photo stands reflecting national leader Heydar Aliyev`s life and activities in the center.

The Heydar Aliyev Center has a 120-seat conference hall, an E-library, an internet room, and a photo gallery. It will offer foreign language courses.

The President praised conditions created here.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has arrived in the country’s Naftalan District.

The Head of the State started his visit by placing flowers at a monument to national leader Heydar Aliyev in the central park.

Head of Naftalan District Executive Authorities Natig Aslanov informed the President about the reconstruction work in the Heydar Aliyev Park.

The central park, which occupies a total area of 4 hectares, has a green area, a fountain, a modern lighting system and benches.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended the opening of Yevlakh City Central Hospital.

Health Minister Ogtay Shiraliyev told the Head of State that construction of the building began last March.

The hospital occupies a total area of 4.3 hectares.

The President toured the hospital.

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10.09.2013
17:50
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today visited a residential area for 866 IDP families in Barda.

The Head of State was informed that the facility, which consists of 15 five-storey apartment blocks, in Barda was the 61st residential area built for IDPs in Azerbaijan. The residential area occupies a total area of 16 hectares. The construction of the facility started in February, 2012, and ended in September, 2013.

The Azerbaijani President also viewed a 280-seat kindergarten in the residential area.

Deputy prime minister, chairman the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov informed the President that the facility had been provided with all necessary equipment.

President Ilham Aliyev then visited the Aghdam district IDPs comprehensive school No1.

Photo stands reflecting national leader Heydar Aliyev`s and President Ilham Aliyev`s attention to education, as well as their meetings with IDPs from Aghdam were installed in the foyer of the school.

Some 540 pupils will get education at the school.

The Head of State then visited the house of Aghdam IDP Safura Huseynova, where they had a joint tea party.

Huseynova thanked President Ilham Aliyev for conditions created for IDPs.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today inaugurated an airport here.

The Head of State met with the local general public.

The Head of State saw the stand with the layout of the airport.
President of the Azerbaijan Airlines Jahangir Asgarov briefed the President about the history of the airport.

Under instructions of President Ilham Aliyev, the airport was renovated with new runway, ramp and taxiways built and a terminal and an auxiliary building refurbished.

The construction activities, which began in March this year, allowed to rebuild the airport to modern standards.

The airport now has a passenger zone, registration desks, cafe, offices for the airport staff. The activities included improvement of the area around the terminal, construction of the 60-slot parking, and substation. The airport was fitted with the sophisticated equipment including meteosystem and communications system.

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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has today cut the ribbon to officially inaugurate Baku-Kazakh highway-Samadabad-Garamammadli-Garamanli-Goyuk highway.

The Head of State viewed photo stands highlighting the construction works, as well as the technical parameters of the facility.

The President of Azerbaijan issued an order on primary allocation of 3 million manats from the
President's Reserve Fund for construction of the 25 km long highway, which started last July.
The road will connect 11 residential areas with a total population of 8,300 people.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has arrived in the country’s Yevlakh District.

The Head of State started his visit by placing flowers at a monument to national leader Heydar Aliyev in the central park.

Head of Yevlakh District Executive Authorities Goja Samadov informed the President about the construction work in the Heydar Aliyev Park.

President Ilham Aliyev examines Halal Gida dairy in Gadabay