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GEORGIAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE MIKHAIL SAAKASHVILI ATTENDS FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT HEYDAR ALIYEV
Candidate to Georgian presidency Mikhail Saakashvili arrived in Baku on December 15 to participate in the funeral ceremony of the national leader of Azerbaijan President Heydar Aliyev. At Bina airport he said to AzerTaj reporter: “Heydar Aliyev had great authority and respect not only in Azerbaijan but also in the whole Caucasian region and throughout CIS. Heydar Aliyev played an invaluable role in development of the relations between Caucasian republic and especially between Azerbaijan and Georgia. Today’s and future generations will never forget Heydar Aliyev’s services, but will benefit from what he created. The Azerbaijan-Georgia relations will further develop, the today’s and future generations will strengthen friendly and brotherly relations between the two countries whose foundation was laid by wise statesman Heydar Aliyev. May God rest his soul in peace.”