ILHAM ALIYEV DISMISSED NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER

Yesterday Azeri President Ilham Aliyev dismissed National Security Minister Namik Abbasov. The reason for discharge is not mentioned. As noted by Baku press, Abbasov’s resignation was the second step of Aliyev Jr. program of staff clearing and rearrangement of the ranks of the old ruling elite (after ex-head of the Foreign Ministry Vilayat Guliyev). According to the rumor in Baku, Minister of Internal Affairs Ramil Usubov may also be displaced in the near future. Apropos, the decree on dismissal of Namik Abbasov was issued when he was not in the country. According to the data available, former minister now, he is still in one of the European countries. Ilham Aliyev appointed Eldar Mahmudov, who was Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Department for Struggle against Drug Business before, new National Security Minister.