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16 January 2008 [17:11] - Today.Az
Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies has approved regulations of the Coordination Council for Development of Internet.
The Council will consist of representatives of state agencies, businesses and NGOs.
Rufat Gulmammadov, Informational Society Development Officer of the Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies, said the list of candidates for the Council will be introduced to the Minister of Communications and Information Technologies for approval within 15 days.
The nine-member council will be headed by Deputy Minister Elmir Velizadeh.
Moreover, a Multimedia Center will be established under the International Relations and Accounting Center.
Ali Abbasov, Minister of Communications and Information Technologies, noted that there is only one council under the ministry which is the Technical Council.
He added that the Coordination Council for Internet Development was set up after concerns aroused over management of domain names ending in .az, spread of websites against Azerbaijan, and increasing interest in the Internet.
/APA/
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