Azerbaijan's state and government officials pay respect to Great Leader Heydar Aliyev

The state and government officials have visited the Alley of Honors to commemorate national leader Heydar Aliyev as December 12 marks the 19th anniversary of the death of the architect and founder of the modern and independent Azerbaijani state, national leader of the Azerbaijani people, Report informs via AZERTAC.

Among those in attendance at the commemorative ceremony were Prime Minister Ali Asadov, Speaker of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova, head of the Presidential Administration Samir Nuriyev, other state and government officials, as well as military servicemen, law enforcement officers, and representatives of the diplomatic corps. They put flowers on the great leader's grave.

Flowers were also put at the grave of the national leader's wife, outstanding ophthalmologist, and academician Zarifa Aliyeva.