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  • BAKU: Moscow Hosts Heydar Aliyev's Birthday Celebrations

    Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
    May 11 2007


    Moscow Hosts Heydar Aliyev's Birthday Celebrations


    Russia, Moscow / corr Trend R.Agayev / The Moscow State Institute of
    International Relationships (MSIIR) hosted a solemn evening dedicated
    to the 84th birthday of the Azerbaijani great national leader the
    late Heydar Aliyev, organized by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the
    Azerbaijani embassy in Russia and the Co-ordinating Council of the
    Azerbaijani Youth.

    Igor Tulin, the first vice rector of the MSIIR, noted that the
    celebration of Heydar Aliyev's birthday at the Institute was planned
    and totally symbolic, because thanks to his constant attention and
    care during his post as the First Deputy Chairman of the Council of
    Minister of the USSR, the MSIIR still exists to this day at the
    university. Tulin stated that MSIIR is proud to honour this great
    leader the title of Honorary Doctor inter vivos. `We are also proud
    that the present Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev graduated and
    taught at MSIIR, and in turn his daughter, Heydar Aliyev's
    granddaughter, is studying at the MSIIR doing a special masters
    degree. I should also note that over 50 students from Azerbaijan are
    studying at the University and regard it as their home,' Tulin added.

    Later a photographic documentary and video chronicle depicting Heydar
    Aliyev's activities was demonstrated.

    Leyla Aliyeva, head of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation's Representation
    in Russia, spoke about, the difficult and glorious pages of the great
    leader's biography. Aliyeva noted that fate played a big part in
    Heydar Aliyev a special mission on a national scale. After Heydar
    Aliyev's resignation, the Armenian separatists raised an issue on the
    annexation of Nagorno-Karabakh. Aliyeva stressed that though Heydar
    Aliyev could be in Azerbaijan during the 20th January events of 1990,
    he stated his decisive protest and was always behind the people of
    Azerbaijan.

    'Heydar Aliyev returned to Azerbaijan in the difficult days for his
    Motherland and immediately undertook to implement his key mission,
    the rehabilitation and consolidation of independence and sovereignty
    of Azerbaijan. Heydar Aliyev did a great service for the country: he
    stopped the bloodshed, created the Constitution and founded an oil
    strategy, and from this laid the foundation of a strong, developed
    and powerful country - democratic Azerbaijan,' Aliyeva emphasized.

    She also spoke about the Heydar Aliyev Foundation's activities,
    marking that over its 3-years, the Foundation gained approval and
    support of the population. `The representation of the Heydar Aliyev
    Foundation established in Moscow will consolidate the friendship and
    co-operation between the two nations,' he assured.

    Later on a documentary depicting the Heydar Aliyev Foundation's
    activities was demonstrated. Tatiana Anodina, the chairman of the
    International Aviation Committee, Nikolay Zinkovich, a writer and
    author of a book `Heydar Aliyev - fate zigzag', Senator Alexander
    Dzasokhov, the chairman of the Russian Commission on UNESCO affairs
    and other dignatories shared their warm recollections about the late
    Heydar Aliyev.

    Dzasokhov said that Heydar Aliyev's personality can only be compared
    only with Kemal Ataturk and Charles de Gaulle. Commenting on
    Dzasokhov's words, the renowned singer, Iosif Kobzon, stated, `Heydar
    Aliyev cannot be compared with anyone - Heydar Aliyev is Heydar
    Aliyev.'

    Iosif Kabzon, People's Artist of USSR, the chairman of the Culture
    Committee of the State Duma, repeatedly stressed his envy to the
    people of Azerbaijan because of God's gift of a genuine man like
    Heydar Aliyev. He particularly noted Heydar Aliyev's incomparable
    attention to culture, his excellent knowledge of history and culture,
    as well as his constant attention and care to culture employees which
    should be an example for state leaders.

    Polad Bulbuloglu, the Azerbaijani Ambassador Extraordinary
    Plenipotentiary, noted in his remarks that they became familiar with
    Heydar Aliyev in 1962. Thanks to the reign as an outstanding national
    leader's Heydar Aliyev, culture, which were always in the fore-front,
    prospered during that period despite tough censorship, Names of world
    famous musical figures, such Gara Garayev, Fikret Amirov, Niyazi,
    Rashid Behbudov, Muslim Magomayev, and Zeynab Khanlarova became
    popular namely during Heydar Aliyev's ruling in the country and they
    glorified Azerbaijan worldwide., the diplomat noted that Heydar
    Aliyev is an architect of the contemporary Azerbaijan and the current
    mutual relationships between Russia and Azerbaijan. Following its own
    political course, Azerbaijan has become a strategic partner of
    Russia. Azerbaijan, jointly with Russia, demonstrates its just case
    at an international level, the diplomat added.

    During the event Murad Adigozlezade, the Azerbaijani honored culture
    figure, and winner of many international contests, Elchin Azizov, as
    well as Kobzon performed several songs. A photo-exhibition depicting
    Heydar Aliyev's life and activities was organized at the hall of the
    University. Books written by Miralimov and Andrianov dedicated to
    Heydar Aliyev were distributed amongst the guests.

    Attending the celebration party were the Russian and Azerbaijani
    public representatives.
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