Bulgarian “Standart” newspaper publishes article “Heydar Aliyev created the modern Azerbaijan”
Baku, May 8 (AZERTAC). Bulgaria-based “Standart” newspaper has published an article entitled “Heydar Aliyev created the modern Azerbaijan”.
The article says more than 30 years of Azerbaijan is associated with Heydar Aliyev`s wise policy and high professional activity.
It goes on to say: “This year the Azerbaijani people hold a lot of events to mark the 90th anniversary of Heydar Aliyev. Dynamically developing Azerbaijan is called a “Tiger of Caucasus”. Azerbaijan is the leading country in Eurasia for its economic development and increasing international prestige.”
“Due to Heydar Aliyev`s efforts a political stability was achieved in Azerbaijan in early 1990s. The signing of the “Contract of century” with leading oil companies of the world was realized due to national leader`s farsighted policy.”
The author also provides an insight into the national leader`s biography: “Heydar Aliyev was born on 10 May 1923 in the town of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. In 1939, after graduating from the Nakhchivan Pedagogical School, he studied at the architectural department of the Industrial Institute of Azerbaijan (now the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy). The war impeded to complete his education.
Since 1941, Heydar Aliyev was the head of the department at the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs and People's Commissariat of Soviet of Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and in 1944 he was sent to work in the organs of the state security. Working since then in the organs of state security, Heydar Aliyev held the post of the deputy chairman of the State Committee of Security, and since 1967 - its chairman. He was conferred the rank of lieutenant general. In these years, he received a special higher education in Leningrad (now St Petersburg), and then in 1957 he graduated from the department of history of Azerbaijan State University.”
“Being elected as the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan in 1969, Heydar Aliyev headed the Republic. In December 1982 he was elected an alternate member of Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and appointed the first deputy chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR, thus he became one of the leaders of the USSR. During twenty years, Heydar Aliyev was a member of parliament of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and for five years deputy chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.”
“In October 1987, Heydar Aliyev, in protest against the policy pursued by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and personally by the Secretary-General Michael Gorbachev, he resigned from his post.”
“In connection with the tragedy committed on 20 January, 1990 in Baku by the soviet troops, Heydar Aliyev appeared at the Azerbaijan Representation in Moscow on the next day with a statement, demanded to punish the organizers and executors of the crime committed against the people of Azerbaijan. In protest against the hypocritical policy of the leadership of the USSR, in connection with the critical conflict in the Mountainous Garabagh, in July, 1991, he left the ranks of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
After his return in July, 1990, to Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev lived first in Baku, then in Nakhchivan, and in the same year he was elected as a deputy to the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan. In 1991-1993 he held the post of the chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (parliament) of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In 1992, at the constituent congress of the New Azerbaijan Party in Nakhchivan, Heydar Aliyev, was elected chairman of the party.
In May-June, 1993, when as the result of extreme tension in the governmental crisis, the country was on the verge of a civil war and loss of independence, the people of Azerbaijan demanded the return Heydar Aliyev to power. The then leaders of Azerbaijan were obliged to invite officially Heydar Aliyev to Baku. On 15 June, 1993, Heydar Aliyev was elected as chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan, and on 24 July - on the resolution of the parliament, he began to perform the powers of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.”
“On October 3, 1993, Heydar Aliyev was elected President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. On October 11, 1998, having joined at the elections, held in conditions of great activity of the population, he won 76,1 per cent of the votes and was re-elected President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Giving his consent to be nominated as a candidate in the 15 October, 2003 presidential elections, he decided not to run at the elections in connection with problems in health.”
“The author also touches upon Heydar Aliyev`s contributions to development of Azerbaijan-Bulgaria relationship, stressing that during his official visit to Sophia in 1995 documents covering all spheres were signed between the two countries.”
The article says today President Ilham Aliyev successfully continues the national leader`s political course.
The author also highlights various projects on development of education, science and culture implemented in Azerbaijan on the initiative of first lady, president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva.
The article also says as a result of Armenia`s aggressive policy against Azerbaijan 20 percent of territories of the country were occupied and more than one million Azerbaijanis became IDPs.
The author says Armenia`s aggressive policy is a threat to the entire region.
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