POLITICS
MONUMENT TO AZERBAIJANI HERO OF SOVIET UNION MEHDI HUSEYNZADE ERECTED IN SEMPAS, SLOVENIA
Unveiling ceremony of the monument to Azerbaijani hero of the Soviet Union Mehdi Huseynzade was held in Slovenia`s Sempas settlement near Novo Goritsa city on Thursday.
Azerbaijan Embassy in Austria and Slovenia was involved in this project.
The ceremony was attended by Azerbaijani delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Elchin Efendiyev, Azerbaijani ambassador in Austria Fuad Ismailov and officers of the embassy, Head of Division for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, ambassador Ada Filip- Slivnik, Nova Gorica mayor Mirko Brulc.
They visited Vitovlye village where the hero was killed and put the flowers at the monument of the hero.
Speakers at the event included Nova Gorica mayor Mirko Brulc, ambassador Ada Filip- Slivnik and others.
They expressed hoped the opening of the monument will contribute to development of ties between Azerbaijan and Slovenia.