Azerbaijan is commemorating the death of its former leader, Heydar Aliyev, who died on December 12, 2003. Alexander Dzasokhov, ex-President of North Ossetia, ex-Head of the Soviet Solidarity Committee for Asia and Africa when Heydar Aliyev was the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and then Deputy Prime Minister of the USSR, called him a dignified statesman and political figure of the 20th century.
The North Ossetian ex-president said that Aliyev’s initiatives in Azerbaijan, Caucasus and Russia served to strengthen relations between Baku and Moscow. He mentioned such achievements of Aliyev as his efforts to strengthen Russian-Azerbaijani ties, and the formation of the modern Azerbaijani state. The official reminded that Aliyev had returned to Azerbaijan and had become its President in the early 1990s.
Alexander Ivanov, Head of Interfax-Azerbaijan, ex-Head of a section of Heydar Aliyev’s security, remembers Aliyev as an exigent figure devoted to his job, a professional with faith in his people and nation. Aliyev was in Moscow in 1982-1987 as the Deputy Head of the USSR Cabinet of 20 ministries. Ivanov believes that thorough knowledge of all issues and situations were the reason why Aliyev was monitoring construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline.
Ivanov recalled courage, heroism and patriotism of Aliyev, who raised the state flag in Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan Autonomy.
Azerbaijan is commemorating the death of its former leader, Heydar Aliyev, who died on December 12, 2003. Alexander Dzasokhov, ex-President of North Ossetia, ex-Head of the Soviet Solidarity Committee for Asia and Africa when Heydar Aliyev was the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and then Deputy Prime Minister of the USSR, called him a dignified statesman and political figure of the 20th century.The North Ossetian ex-president said that Aliyev’s initiatives in Azerbaijan, Caucasus and Russia served to strengthen relations between Baku and Moscow. He mentioned such achievements of Aliyev as his efforts to strengthen Russian-Azerbaijani ties, and the formation of the modern Azerbaijani state. The official reminded that Aliyev had returned to Azerbaijan and had become its President in the early 1990s.Alexander Ivanov, Head of Interfax-Azerbaijan, ex-Head of a section of Heydar Aliyev’s security, remembers Aliyev as an exigent figure devoted to his job, a professional with faith in his people and nation. Aliyev was in Moscow in 1982-1987 as the Deputy Head of the USSR Cabinet of 20 ministries. Ivanov believes that thorough knowledge of all issues and situations were the reason why Aliyev was monitoring construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline.Ivanov recalled courage, heroism and patriotism of Aliyev, who raised the state flag in Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan Autonomy
