Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec.16 / Trend M. Aliyev /
Azerbaijani Emergency Situations Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov has been awarded the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry's Twenty Years of Russian Emergency Situations Ministry Medal for long-term and fruitful cooperation in the field of protecting the population and areas from emergency situations, while ensuring risk reduction and disaster mitigation.
The Azerbaijani Emergency Situations Ministry was established in 2005.
An Azerbaijani Emergency Situations Ministry delegation headed by Heydarov visited the Alley of Honor and laid a wreath at national leader Heydar Aliyev's tomb to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the ministry's establishment.
The ministry officials have also visited the Alley of Martyrs, where they laid flowers on the graves of those who heroically died for Azerbaijan's independence.