MOSCOW, Russia, April 22. “The factor of Heydar Aliyev has always played and will continue to play an important role in the interstate relations between Russia and Azerbaijan,” said President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev during a joint meeting with President of Russia Vladimir Putin in Moscow, which brought together railway veterans and workers to mark the 50th anniversary of the Baikal-Amur Mainline, Trend reports.
The President of Azerbaijan also thanked the BAM workers for perpetuating the memory of Heydar Aliyev, recalling that a railway station in the Angoya settlement was named after him. “The BAM workers know well that he traveled almost the entire distance on foot, by train, by helicopter, in difficult conditions from Bratsk to Vladivostok and Nakhodka, and for ten days shared joys and sorrows with the BAM workers,” President Ilham Aliyev added.