Azerbaijan may close several embassies
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry considers the closure of a number of diplomatic missions abroad, Ministry’s spokesman Hikmat Hajiyev told Trend on December 30.
He said the government considers closure of embassies in several countries against the background of the trends observed on the global energy market.
Currently there are nearly 70 Azerbaijani diplomatic missions abroad.
Earlier, MP Samad Seyidov urged the diplomats and the diplomatic corps of Azerbaijan in foreign countries to shift to economy regime.
While discussing amendments to the law "On diplomatic service" at the parliament on December 29, Seyidov noted that the diplomats like others should be more economical due to the current crisis.
"It is necessary to monitor the activities of the Azerbaijani embassies in foreign countries in order to determine which of them are doing their work well," he noted.
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