A joint meeting of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Russia Vladimir Putin with veterans and railway industry workers on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Baikal-Amur Mainline began in Moscow, AzVision.az reports.

During a joint meeting in Moscow with railway veterans and workers to mark the 50th anniversary of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM), Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev expressed his gratitude to Russian President Vladimir Putin for honoring the memory of Heydar Aliyev.

The Azerbaijani President said, "Of course, special thanks to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin for his respect toward the memory of Heydar Aliyevich Aliyev. We know well that it was Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Heydar Aliyevich Aliyev who laid the foundation for friendly and neighborly relations between our countries in the early 2000s. In 2001, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin visited Azerbaijan, marking the beginning of a significant journey that we are undertaking together."

“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.

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.

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