Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec.24 / Trend M. Aliyev /
A tree planting campaign was held today at the initiative of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) on Friday in the territory of the Narimanov district of Baku.
This campaign is one of the measures implemented within the "Year of Ecology", declared by President Ilham Aliyev, NAP Deputy Chairman, Executive Secretary Ali Ahmedov told journalists during the event.
"By holding this campaign NAP once again demonstrated that it is a political organization, which attaches great importance to the improvement and construction," Ahmedov said.
According to him, after several these trees will be of benefit to people.
On Friday, 350 trees were planted on the area of one hectare, Abdin Farziyev, Narimanov District Executive Power head told journalists. According to him, a special brigade has been created to take care of them and carrying out their drip irrigation.
Azerbaijan in recent years carries out large-scale works in the sphere of environmental protection, Azerbaijani Parliament's Deputy Speaker Bahar Muradova said. Every citizen should answer to Azerbaijani President's call on the necessity of the country's landscaping. "After a few years, Azerbaijan, as European countries, will become "green" republic," Muradova said.