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TO SERVE AZERBAIJANI STATE AND PEOPLE WAS PURPORT OF HEYDAR ALIYEV’S LIFE
SOLEMN CEREMONY OF OPENING OF “HEYDAR ALIYEV FUND” IN BAKU
PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN ILHAM ALIYEV ATTENDS THE CEREMONY
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attended the ceremony.
The Head of State was warmly greeted by the audience.
Establishment of the Fund was dictated by people’s desire and intention to express their respect to the memory of national leader Heydar Aliyev, by the need to reflect the eternally alive character of Heydar Aliyev’s political thinking, by aspiration to underlined the significance of the Heydar Aliyev’s philosophy of Azerbaijanism for our country in the globalizing world, and importance of constant education of new generations in the spirit of ideas of the national statehood created by Heydar Aliyev.
The Fund’s objective is to maintain realization of the large-scale programs serving study of rich heritage of our national leader Heydar Aliyev, its use in the name of our country’s and its people’s progress, to promote activities aimed at protection of national and spiritual values, propaganda of the idea of Azerbaijanism and Azerbaijani culture, involvement in the projects aimed at strengthening economic power of the independent Azerbaijan Republic, support various programs implemented for improvement of the people’s welfare, projects providing development of science, education, culture, healthcare and sports in the country, as well as to educate new generations to be devoted to national and spiritual values, and promote activities to increase international prestige of Azerbaijan.
President Ilham Aliyev and his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva, state and government officials, representatives of foreign states in Baku and public have seen the film made on the base of the documentaries shot in different times and kept in the personal archive of the great leader, outstanding son of the Turkish world Heydar Aliyev.
After that, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev made a speech.