Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev signed a Decree on Founding the Department of the State Civil Aviation, Trend reports. The document says that the Department has been founded with the aim to ensure the control and the state regulation of the activity of the civil aviation in the country.
The Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry was commissioned to inform the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and other international organizations about the state policy in the field of civil aviation being pursued by Azerbaijan, including cooperation between Azerbaijan and ICAO, fulfillment of obligations on foundation of the State Civil Aviation Department taken upon the country according to the international convention.
The Cabinet of Ministers of the Country was commissioned to prepare and submit a Draft-Provision and Structure of the forthcoming Department, as well as its budget of expenditure, and the number of employees to the President of the Country.