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MOURNING CEREMONY ON THE 40TH DAY OF HEYDAR ALIYEV’S DEMISE IN TASHKENT
The ceremony was attended by members of the Azerbaijani Diaspora, men of art, literature, science of the Uzbek people, officers of Azerbaijani embassy.
Akhund Asif Huseynov said ayats from Koran, prayers for blessing of Heydar Aliyev’s soul.
Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Uzbekistan Aydin Azimbeyov said that death of the famous political figure, savior of Azerbaijan people Heydar Aliyev aroused sorrow with the entire Turkish world.
Close friend of Heydar Aliyev, son of the famous political figure Sharaf Rashidov – Ilham Rashidov said that Heydar Aliyev was genuinely one of the most outstanding personalities of the Turkish world. He said that his father was Heydar Aliyev’s friend. While working in Azerbaijan and later in Moscow, Heydar Aliyev frequently called him, they met in Tashkent and Moscow.
Representative of the fraternal Uzbek people Khaitbey Japakov, our countrymen Hamid Huseynov, Farrukh Shirinov spoke of Heydar Aliyev as one of the outstanding personalities of the Turkic world.