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2,239 foreigners permitted to work in Azerbaijan since early 2008

09 June 2008 [12:21] - TODAY.AZ
2,239 foreigners got individual permission for work in Azerbaijan in January-May of 2008, said spokesman for Azerbaijan's Ministry of Labor and Social Protection Elnur Kalantarov.
He said in May 442 foreigners were permitted to work in our country.

"4,400 foreigners, engaged in economic sector, have been officially registered in Azerbaijan. Of them, 29% fall on oil sector, 28.5% on construction, 6.7% on production, 7.8% on trade and others", said Kalantarov.

He noted that of 4,400 foreigners 81 citizens of China got official permission to work in Azerbaijan but by unofficial statistics their number is even higher.

"Of them 44 work in oil sector, 27 in production, 7 at housing establishments, 2 in the sphere of passenger transportations, 1 in medicine", resumed Kalantarov.

It should be noted that 1,797 foreigners got individual permission to work in our country in January-April of 2008. 722 foreigners got permission to work in the country in January, 632 foreigners in February, no foreigner in March and 443 foreigners in April.

/Day.Az/
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