Land reclamation projects are quite important among infrastructure ones, President Ilham Aliyev

Baku, January 29, AzerTAc “Quite important among infrastructure projects are land reclamation ones. We have ensured their implementation. We have implemented two ambitious mega-projects - the Shamkirchay and Takhtakorpu water reservoirs, as well as canals and power plants. In the future it will serve Azerbaijan. So these water reservoirs and canals will serve the development of agriculture for decades and centuries,” President Ilham Aliyev has said. “At the same time, these projects are of great importance in addressing water management issues. This project also requires large funds. But we have done it.” “I want to reiterate that it is necessary to invest in infrastructure and the real sector. At the same time, as I have already noted, it is necessary to collect resources. And this is what we did,” the head of state noted. “On the one hand, we have expanded our resources and, on the other, we have invested. Countries that did not invest in the real sector and infrastructure in good time regret it today. They are beginning to do it today, but it is already too late. Today, when the oil price has dropped, it is not so easy to invest a lot. We had to do everything on time, and we did. Therefore, when we speak about the existence of the Azerbaijani model today, we are not mistaken. Such a model exists and it is of interest to others,” he added.