Energy Minister: Azerbaijan`s non-oil industry to grow 18.1% this year

Baku, March 17 (AzerTAc). Azerbaijan`s non-oil industry will see a 18.1% growth this year, energy and industry minister Natig Aliyev has said. “In the coming three years the country`s non-oil industry will increase 11.2 % on average,” he told an international conference in Baku devoted to national leader Heydar Aliyev`s role in ensuring Azerbaijan`s economic achievements. “Last year alone saw construction of 60 industrial facilities, while construction of more than 80 facilities continues.” The Minister said “a total of more than hundred industrial facilities have been built in the country in the last five years”.