POLITICS
MINTEMIR SHAYMIEV, PRESIDENT OF TATARSTAN: “THE WORK WHICH HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT BY HEYDAR ALIYEV IN CONDITIONS OF THE SOVIET SYSTEM FOR HIS REPUBLIC, FOR HIS PEOPLE, CAUSES IN ALL OF US ADMIRATION, AND, PROBABLY, AND SOME FEELING OF ENVY”
You possess inexhaustible energy, skill to work with people, but at the same time can, if it is required, to hold, in the name of achievement of the purpose, very decisive position.
We are witnesses of the historical moment. We count that it is impossible to appreciate the person at his lifetime. In fact, unfortunately, during one period the Azerbaijani people for certain time has lost Aliyev. All have felt what this loss means. I am confident that exactly during this period when all society was reconstructed, a person possessing such wide experience and all qualities necessary for head of the state was extremely required.
As it is good that during that very difficult time, in the heat of a disputed situation, the people always showing wisdom, rendered so great trust just to You”.
November 1996