President: Heydar Aliyev Foundation has exceptional services in promoting Azerbaijan as a modern state

The traditions of charity in independent Azerbaijan, the traditions of philanthropy established by Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev continue, and have become widespread, President Ilham Aliyev said at a ceremony to unveil a monument to philanthropist Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, Report informs.

"I must say that the Heydar Aliyev Foundation is the greatest philanthropist in this field not only in Azerbaijan but also in the South Caucasus," the head of state said.

"The Heydar Aliyev Foundation was established nearly 20 years ago, and the main goal of the Foundation is to help people, promote Azerbaijani culture in the world, contribute to education, health, culture, art, and science. The Heydar Aliyev Foundation has exceptional services in promoting Azerbaijan in the world as a multicultural state, as a modern state. It is owing to the Foundation's activities that Azerbaijan is now better known, and this factor helped us during the Second Karabakh War. Because the Azerbaijani people know very well that at that time the Armenian lobby and its supporters promoted lies about Azerbaijan in the media space. But long years of the activities of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation in various countries and the recognition of Azerbaijan as a modern, progressive state have undermined this propaganda," he said.