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UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL PAYS RESPECT TO NATIONAL LEADER HEYDAR ALIYEV

Baku, July 29 (AZERTAC). UNESCO`s Director-General Irina Bokova has today visited the Alley of Honors to put flowers at the tomb of Azerbaijan`s national leader Heydar Aliyev.

Ms. Bokova also put flowers at the grave of prominent ophthalmologist, academician Zarifa Aliyeva.

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