President Aliyev visits Shamakhi district and attends several

President Aliyev visits Shamakhi district and attends several openings - UPDATED

16:00 26 August 2018 Read: 2282

Azerbaijani president, first lady open Damirchi-Lahij highway

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva have attended the opening of the newly-built Damirchi-Lahij highway.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Azerbaijan Highway State Agency Saleh Mammadov informed the president and his wife about the characteristics of the road.

The president cut the ribbon symbolizing the opening of the highway.

The 22km-long road connects one settlement in Shamakhi district and four settlements in Ismayilli district.

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Azerbaijani president, first lady attend opening of Damirchi Archaeology Museum in Shamakhi district

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva have attended the inauguration of Damirchi Archaeology Museum built in Shamakhi district on the initiative of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.

The president and the first lady cut the ribbon symbolizing the opening of the museum.

President Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva toured the museum, which features open-air and indoor exhibition halls.

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25/08/2018; 22:49

President Ilham Aliyev, first lady Mehriban Aliyeva attend opening of vine-growing and wine-making complex of Shirvan wines LLC in Shamakhi district

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva have attended the opening of a vine-growing and wine-making complex owned by "Shirvan wines" LLC in Meysari village, Shamakhi district.

Executive Director of "Shirvan wines" LLC Jeyhun Soltanov informed the head of state and his wife that the vine-growing and wine-making complex occupies a total area of 310 hectares.

A wine plant, which covers an area of 4,398 square meters in the territory of the complex, meets modern standards and is supplied with equipment of the French Pera company. The plant aims to achieve an annual wine production of 1.4 million liters. The complex also features a wine museum, restaurant, terrace, parking lot and guest house.

French technologist Jam Montagnais said that the first vineyard was created here in 2015 when 100,000 seeds of French grape varieties were planted in an area of 40 hectares. The vineyard produced the first harvest last year, which included 233,379 tons of grape and resulted in the production of three types of wine named "Sadaf", "Marjan" and "Makhmari" under the brand "Meysari".

President Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva signed the first products.

President Ilham Aliyev then met with the staff of the complex.

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President Ilham Aliyev, first lady Mehriban Aliyeva attend opening of Meysari village secondary school in Shamakhi district

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva have attended the inauguration of a new building of Meysari village secondary school in Shamakhi district. The 132-seat school was built on the initiative of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.

The head of state cut the ribbon symbolizing the opening of the school.

Minister of Education Jeyhun Bayramov told President Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva that the school had been built in the 1950s. The construction of the new building of the school started in 2016. The new building features an auditorium, gym, different subject and foreign language rooms and fully equipped informatics center.

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President Ilham Aliyev visits statue of national leader Heydar Aliyev in Shamakhi

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has visited a statue of national leader Heydar Aliyev in Shamakhi district.