Italian media highlight elections in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan is holding snap parliamentary elections today.

Italian media outlets have devoted part of their news to elections in Azerbaijan, Report informs.

In particular, Tiscali News cites the words of the Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, the head of the Foreign Policy Department of the Presidential Administration, Hikmat Hajiyev, that reforms, changes, and transformations are taking place in every area in Azerbaijan today.

"Our president wants changes for our country because we need reforms, and the country's development needs reforms," Hajiyev said.

According to him, it is impossible to lead the country in line with the rules and standards of the last century, and it is necessary to move forward.

"We expect new faces from these elections, young people with innovative ideas who will come to parliament and support the reforms initiated by the president," the presidential aide added.

The Italian edition Aska News writes that early elections aim at consolidating the process of generational change in government within the framework of reforms in the political, economic, and social life of the country "on the path that follows the modernization process which started with the presidential administration and cabinet."