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STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA ROH MOO-HYUN
All in all, I’d like to say, I thing Azerbaijan is a happy country because today it has really great opportunities for development. Azerbaijan is situated in the very important - in terms of efficient use of its oil and gas fields - geographic area. However, these factors are not enough to achieve success in all spheres of the country’s life. The important thing, at the same time, is unity of the people led by wise leadership.
We are aware that Azerbaijan itself has experienced a lot of suffering and difficulties. At the same time, we would like to mention that Azerbaijan has experienced some suffering because of the neighboring country. Despite this, Azerbaijan has not lost its independence gained in the 1990s, and it was the great leader of Azerbaijan who played the most important role in safeguarding this independence. With belief in the great leader and supporting his steps, the people of Azerbaijan has managed to build a consolidated society and developing economy.
Today we open another page in history of Azerbaijan. The invitation to Azerbaijan and staying here for an official visit allowed me to eye-witness what the national leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev did for this country. I sympathize with what he did, and what was achieved thanks to him.