BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 28. Determination had played an important part in Azerbaijan’s victory, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said, while receiving a delegation led by Vice-President of the Republic of Cuba Salvador Antonio Valdés Mesa, Trend reports.
The head of state noted that the determination of the people of Azerbaijan and Cuba to fight for freedom had similar aspects, adding that the Azerbaijani people had never come to terms with occupation and aggression and liberated their lands from the occupation that lasted for nearly 30 years.
President Ilham Aliyev said that the Cuban people had proved to the world that they were capable of enduring all the hardships in the struggle for freedom, noting that this determination had played an important part in Azerbaijan’s victory, as is the case with the Cuban people. “This similarity brings the two peoples closer to each other even more.”