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MAYOR OF MOSCOW YURI LUZHKOV AND RF DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER VYACHESLAV TRUBNIKOV TOOK PART AT THE FUNERAL CEREMONY OF PRESIDENT HEYDAR ALIYEV
President Heydar Aliyev had invaluable contributions in the development of the Soviet Union and the capital of Russia when he worked in Moscow. Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov and deputy foreign minister of Russian Federation arrived in Baku to take part at the funeral ceremony of President Heydar Aliyev.
At Bina airport, the respected guests were greeted by deputy prime minister of Azerbaijan Abid Sharifov.
Yuri Luzhkov expressed his condolence underlining that Azerbaijan is suffering a heavy loss. “We have lost a great statesman, a politician of world scale”, he said.