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The president of Azerbaijanis’

14 Oct 2018

October 15, 2003. This calendar is written as one of the glorious pages of the New Azerbaijan Party, the largest political force in the South Caucasus, in Azerbaijan.

On the same day Mr. Ilham Aliyev, YAP's candidate for the 5th official elections held in the country won the trust of 2 million 438 thousand 787 voters and was elected the head of the state.
This was, first of all, an expression of the people's confidence in the founder of modern Azerbaijani state, national leader Heydar Aliyev. "He is a very energetic and entrepreneurial person who is a highly intelligent, pragmatic, modern world politician and economist, and I believe that he can bring my plans and work o the destiny with your help and support," Aliyev said. The great leader was convinced that the development concept he identified for the bright future of independent Azerbaijan will be successfully continued by Mr Ilham Aliyev and said, "I believe him as much as myself and hope he can create  the bright future." can convert.
The choice of such a person to our republic was welcomed by all the progressive forces of the world who are eager to live in a world of prosperity, stability, democracy, peace, prosperity and integration, as an indispensable event from the logic of public-political processes both in Azerbaijan and in the region.
Today, the Azerbaijani people are happy that the genius entrusted the fate of our independent republic, a masterpiece created by his glorious successor, to Mr. Ilham Aliyev, a worthy successor to his school. Thanks to the statehood and leadership ability of Mr. Ilham Aliyev, who has been using his ideology of Heydar Aliyev for 15 years and continues his dignity for 15 years, today independent Azerbaijan is known as a mighty state in the world. Reverend President Ilham Aliyev has successfully conquered the development concept defined by the great leader for 15 years and turned Azerbaijan into the most powerful state in history.
Observation of great progress in all directions in Azerbaijan over the past period is observed by strengthening our country's position in the region and in the world. The protection of the national interests of the Azerbaijani state is based on the further consolidation of our independence and ideological support and the establishment of civic solidarity.
The policy pursued by President Ilham Aliyev over the past 15 years has increased the number of allies and friends of the country and strengthened the country's worthy place in the international arena. Today regional initiatives serve to strengthening Azerbaijan, as well as the development of cooperation in the region.
As a result of the successful foreign policy pursued by the President of Azerbaijan, our country was elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, international organizations recognized Armenia as an aggressor. The unambiguous position of the President of Azerbaijan on this issue confirmed that Nagorno-Karabakh has no mechanism to be apart from Azerbaijan. Nevertheless, the improvement of the living conditions of one million people who were expelled from their native lands as a result of Armenia's ethnic cleansing and occupation policy in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, and the construction of new settlements were kept in focus.
Measures taken in the direction of army building in Azerbaijan, the work done to increase the military preparedness level of the Armed Forces have undermined the trust created in some circles over the deportation of Nagorno-Karabakh from Azerbaijan and convinced our people to the army's confidence. A strong defense industry has been established in Azerbaijan.

In this period, Azerbaijan's economic success has grown even stronger. The currency reserves of our country, which are always in the focus of attention with economic achievements, including the volume of investment in Azerbaijan, increased, a strong class of entrepreneurship emerged. In 2003, when the state program on socio-economic development of the regions began, Azerbaijan had a total of $ 1.8 billion in foreign exchange reserves. Today, however, this figure has increased by 26.6 percent to $ 45 billion. $ 250 billion invested in Azerbaijan's economy. Most of this is foreign investment. This means that, the business and investment environment created in Azerbaijan has always attracted the attention of foreign investors.

The economy has grown by 3.2 times in the last 15 years, as it has been said by the head of state. Thanks to all this, the development processes in the regions of the country have accelerated, and specific programs have been implemented for various sectors of agriculture. Unemployment and poverty have dropped, over 1 million 600,000 new jobs have been created in Azerbaijan.
The development of the non-oil sector in the country was a logical continuation of the oil strategy. Declaring that the strong economy is an important factor in the development of each country, President Ilham Aliyev has taken steps to increase the weight of the non-oil sector in the country's economy. The construction of hundreds of health centers, treatment and diagnostic centers has shown the development of the health care system. Thousands of schools have been built in the country and the material and technical base of educational institutions has been strengthened. Reconstruction of transport system in Azerbaijan.