Azerbaijani president becomes honorary citizen of Astrakhan

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has become an honorary citizen of Astrakhan. Such status was conferred by the City Duma of the Astrakhan City Municipality on 8 September 2011, ANS reports.

The initiative came from a regional office of the All-Russian Azerbaijani Congress of the Astrakhan Region. The document on the status was signed by Chairman of the City Duma Y. I. Simeonova.