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President Aliyev received "Best Governed Muslim State" award

08 May 2006 [19:25] - TODAY.AZ
The Best Governed Muslim State Award will be conferred today on Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Baku.

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev today received delegation of the Pakistan Observer led by Senator S.M. Zafar, and which includes Mr. Faisal Zahid Malik, Editor of the paper.

The President's press service told APA that Mr. Zafar said that President has been awarded this prize for his contributions to great achievements in national development, modernization of country economy, state management, education as well as development of human resources.

The head of Azerbaijan expressed his gratitude for the award. He underlined that Pakistan is one of closest allies of Azerbaijan, and there exist high level relations between our countries.

Mr. Aliyev highly appreciated Pakistan's full support for Azerbaijan's fair position regarding Armenia's aggression against Azerbaijan, Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.

According to the Pakistan Observer, the same award was conferred on President of Algeria,  Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika for Algeria Best Governed Muslim State of the African region at a ceremony held in Algiers on September 26, last year. Mr. Faisal Zahid Malik told this correspondent that by the end of this year the Editorial Board of the paper will award this Shield and Gold Medal to a Head of State in the Gulf.

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