There is surplus in state budget, President Ilham Aliyev says

"We are channeling the additional revenues of the ongoing reforms, first and foremost, into improving people's living standards," President Ilham Aliyev said while receiving in a video format Rafig Jalilov due to his appointment as head of Jalilabad District Executive Authority and Rashad Taghiyev due to his appointment as head of Shamkir District Executive Authority.

"We are still in the ninth month of the year, but as a result of transparency and reforms, there is a surplus in the state budget, and we are channeling it into the social protection of our people," the head of state added.