Azerbaijan, Baku, November 5 / Trend , A.Huseynbala /
In 2010, the activities of embassies and diplomatic missions of Azerbaijan abroad will be improved, said Deputy Foreign Minister.
"It is necessary to allocate some funds for the development of the embassies and their activities at a high level," Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Vagif Sadikhov said during discussions over the project of 2010 Public budget at a joint meeting of parliamentary committees on human rights, international relations and inter-parliamentary relations, legal policy and state-building.
Currently Azerbaijan has 50 embassies abroad, five missions to international organizations, eight consulates, three honorary consulates and two offices of embassies. Certain time ago, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on opening embassies in five countries.
According Sadikhov, the 2010 Public budget funding for embassies and diplomatic missions of Azerbaijan abroad decreased.
"This year, 52 million manat was provided for 57 diplomatic missions and embassies. In 2010, this figure is planned to be reduced to 51 million manat. This is connected with the reduction of vehicles that can be purchased for embassies," he said.
According to Deputy Minister, in the project of the next year's budget was not taken into account the request to allocate an additional 725,000 manat for the travel expenses of employees of Foreign Ministry. According to Sadikhov, in 2010 the central office of the Ministry will not hire new employees.
"We asked to allocate additional funding to increase the number of the staff to 80-100 people, however, this request was not taken into account as well," said the Deputy Minister.
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