President Ilham Aliyev highlights good inter-ethnic relations in Azerbaijan during visit to the country's northern regions

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has been touring the northern regions of the country, including those bordering Russia and Georgia.

The president visited Zakatala, Balakan and Gakh districts on Thursday and Friday (3-4 August), inaugurating various new projects, and addressing a national conference focusing on the production of agricultural goods.

The region is also populated by a number of national minorities. In speeches in the region Aliyev praised the unity and solidarity between various ethnicities in Azerbaijan

He later tweeted

In Gakh, President Aliyev inaugurated a new power station, an important infrastructure feature that will extend gas and electricity supplies throughout the northern part of the country.

source: commonspace.eu with agencies

photo: President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan after inaugurating a new power station in the district of Gakh in the north of the country. (picture courtesy of the press service of the President of Azerbaiojan)

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