Amendments have already been made to the relevant documents of the Council. The State Program for Development of NGOs in 2013-2018 also covered this issue:” It is an innovation. Financing of NGOs in foreign countries will be an important step for the protection of Azerbaijan's position in the international arena.” He said, these activities would be started after the approval of the program.
Guliyev told APA that projects of the NGOs functioning in the regions that are priorities for Azerbaijan's foreign policy will be approved at the first stage: “It will include CIS and Eastern European regions. The amount of the grant identified for foreign projects will be more than the amount allocated to local projects.”