“Tajikistan and Azerbaijan, of all the former republics of the Soviet Union, began the path of independence in the worst conditions, in the most difficult circumstances. Those who remember that period well can certainly confirm this. But it is necessary that the younger generation both in Azerbaijan and Tajikistan also know this,” President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said in a joint press conference with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon in Dushanbe, Report informs, citing AZERTAC.
“Our current successful development, as they say, did not fall out of the sky, it is the result of the work of great leaders, the leaders of our peoples, who, at the risk for themselves and for their lives, did everything to ensure peaceful and successful development,” the head of state underlined.