BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 18. We must pay constant attention to issues related to unemployment, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said addressing the Azerbaijan-Lithuania business forum, Trend reports.
"Given the positive demographic situation in Azerbaijan, we must pay constant attention to issues related to unemployment. We have succeeded in reducing the unemployment rate to 5-6 percent. However, in order to maintain it at a low level, we must open new jobs every year, because the population of Azerbaijan has increased from 7 million to 10 million in 30 years – from the day we gained independence to the present, and it is still growing. Therefore, we must have jobs for more people, especially now, when many specialties no longer exist as a result of the fourth industrial revolution. We need to prepare ourselves for new industries. By the way, this issue was the topic of our discussions today. We also spoke about cooperation in the field of education, in particular, education tailored for the development needs of our countries," the head of state said.