He said US dollar is pushing Azeri manat in this case as the dollar-manat ratio on the market is getting to the benefit of dollar.

"This makes National Bank to be a key market player. If the bank's weight was not above 2%-3% on the currency market, this share is between 10% and 11% at present. National bank is neutralizing the pressure against Azeri manat. The sterilization beat US $1bln in 2006. We managed to rein manat's significantly strengthening," he said.

Rustamov noted the present 5%-stengthening is not risky.