Natiq amirov biography

By Nigar Abbasova

The global and regional processes that occurred in the world economy in 2015 had only a slight impact on Azerbaijan, Natig Amirov, Azerbaijani presidential aide on economic reforms said.

He made the remarks during “Social business – way for development” conference.

Amirov underlined that the minimal impact of the processes is the result of the country’s policy and measures taken for the development of non-oil sector of economy.

“Drop in oil prices, devaluation of the national currencies of Azerbaijan and its primary trade partners as well as other economic and political processes that occurred in the world has influenced Azerbaijan.

Economic reforms implemented in the country that have a logical and strong basis as well as measures taken for the development of the non-oil industry have minimized the negative impact,” he added.

He said that the increase of the country’s GDP by 1.1 percent in the last year as well as the fact that the volume of GDP