BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 18. President Ilham
Aliyev highlighted examples of modern urban planning processes
carried out in Baku during the opening ceremony of the 13th Session of the UN World Urban
Forum (WUF13), Trend
reports.
The head of state said: “Baku was the first city in the world
where oil was produced back in 1846. And throughout these 180
years, there was almost no attention to environmental protection.
As a result, Baku was heavily polluted. If I mention areas of Baku
such as Black City, Bibiheybat, and Boyukshor—which may not mean
much to foreign visitors—if you compare how these places looked 20
years ago with how they look today, you will see what has been
achieved in creating an environmentally friendly urban space in
Baku.”
