Hazar World - Sayı: 13 - Aralık 2013

When we analyze the last decade, we
see that the level of poverty in Azerbaijan
reduced to 4% from 44%, budget revenues
increased 16 times and agricultural production
increased 3.3 times. Manat was listed
among the 5 most valuable currencies of
the world. Education expenditures increased
4.5 times. Azerbaijan had been a
country which borrows from other countries
but it turned into a country which lends
money to others. Foreign trade endorsement
and industry production have increased
6.6 times and 3 times respectively.
Inflation receded to the single digit level.
The non-oil sector grew 2.7 times. About
USD 14 billion investments were made in
the transportation sector of Azerbaijan in
2013. The number of international airports
was increased to 6. The income from railway
transportation increased 2 times.
Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan Pipeline became operational.
Azerbaijani natural gas was transported
to Turkish market for the first time.
The foundation of the Trans Anatolian
Natural Gas Pipeline connecting Turkey
and Azerbaijan was laid. Natural gas
imports from Russia ended and natural gas
exports to Russia began. Oil revenues increased
3 times and reached USD 78 billion.
Natural gas revenues increased 5.6 times. 14
new power plants were constructed and
Azerbaijan became a country that exports
electricity. The number of the ambassadors
in foreign countries increased 3 times.
Azerbaijan became the first country to be
elected as a temporary member of UN
Security Council among the Post-Soviet
countries. In Azerbaijan, where military
expenditures increased 23 times, defense
industry was established.
Current issue covers all the important
developments experienced in Caspian
Region and in the world. Among the events
of December, we have included the Caspian
Forum organized by Caspian Strategy
“Many
incidents
occured
throughout the
World in 2013
are still in our
minds.”
Institute (HASEN) on December 6 in the
previous year, Hazar World published in
the same month, the Caspian Report, 3rd
Bosphorus Regional Cooperation Summit
held under Turkish Presidency and the
Framework Convention for the Protection
of the Marine Environment of the Caspian
Sea Parties Conference held in Moscow.
Turkey participated in the World
Economic Forum held in Davos, Sweden on
January 23-27 for the first time since the
moderator crisis occurred in 2009. Another
important issue of January was that the
Assembly of Tajikistan approved the agreement
prescribing the cooperation with
NATO on cleaning the ground mines buried
on the border of Afghanistan. And the
International Think Tank EBES organized
9th Eurasia Business and Economics
Society Conference.
The first communication satellite of
Azerbaijan was launched in February.
Therefore, Azerbaijan became the 11th
country having its own satellite in the world.
In this issue, we shared the agreement signed
between Petlim, the affiliate of Petkim,
and Dutch APM Terminal Company upon
the operation of a container port facility to
be constructed inside the Petkim Port. We
also gave space for the agreement signed by
Greece, Albania and Italy on the construction
and management of the TAP project, the
fourth Caspian Roundtable Meeting organized
in Brussels, and also the presidential
elections held in Armenia on February 18.
Two competitors TAP and Nabucco submitted
their bids to the consortium in May.
Within this month, we gave place to the
Karabakh issue and the problems faced in
the region. Moreover, the panel titled
“Frozen Conflict Areas in Caucasus and
Karabakh” organized by Eurasia Institute
and Caspian Strategy Institute was inclu-
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