November 26, 2002 - 22:18 AMT
AZERBAIJAN INCLUDED IN LIST OF MOST CORRUPT COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
Azerbaijan occupies the 95-th place out of 102 countries of the world on the index of corruption impact. As reported by "Arminfo" agency, "Transparency International - 2002" report is evidence of it. According to the report, the corruption record in Azerbaijan remains very intricate and is like that of Bangladesh, Nigeria, Paraguay and a number of other countries of "the third world." The data was made public at a seminar in Baku, organized with the assistance of "Transparency International." Matters of business ethics were discussed at it. Representatives of non-governmental organizations of Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan participated in the work of the seminar. Let us note that there was no data concerning Armenia included in the report.