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Rouhani calls for promoting Azerbaijani language (UPDATE)

Society Materials 24 April 2018 12:11 (UTC +04:00)
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for promoting Azerbaijani language and promised to help reviving the drying up Lake Urmia.

Details added (first version posted on 11:33)

Baku, Azerbaijan, April 24

By Farhad Daneshvar – Trend:

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for promoting Azerbaijani language and promised to help reviving the drying up Lake Urmia.

“We are proud of Azerbaijani and Turkish language. I urge the officials to promote the centers for Turkish language and literature. [I urge officials] to publish the required books [in this regard],” he said.

The president made the remarks addressing a crowd in the northwestern city of Tabriz as part of his provincial visit on April 24.

The president touched upon the situation of Lake Urmia, saying that the government has launched projects worth $240 million (one trillion toman) for reviving the lake.

Rouhani further promised that the level of water in the lake will increase by one meter by the end of his term in 2021.

The president also spoke about development projects being carried out in the province and said that 50 percent of a highway construction project connecting two cities of Ahar and Tabriz has already been completed.

Rouhani also pledged to inaugurate a railway segment linking the railways of Mianeh and Tabriz over the current year.

He noted that the government has spent $951.6 (3.9 trillion tomans) in development projects in the province which according to the president, has significantly increased compared to four years ago.

Hassan Rouhani also touched upon the country’s row with the US and cautioned the White House that Iranian government will confront with any “plots” hatched by the US.

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