(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) MOSCOW, RUSSIA, April 23. I hold greatappreciation for Azerbaijan and the contributions of Heydar Aliyev,a veteran of the railroad industry and a worker of the Baikal-AmurMainline (BAM), Akhit Gishlakayev told reporters in Moscow,Trend reports.
"When we arrived at BAM in 1974, your compatriots, theAzerbaijani detachment named after the 17th Komsomol Congress,traveled together with us in the carriage. We lived very amicablyat that time. Heydar Aliyev always paid great attention to theissues arising among BAM workers. We are very grateful to him forthis," he emphasized.
To note, on April 22, a joint meeting of the President of theRepublic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, and the President of RussiaVladimir Putin with veterans and employees of the railway industrytook place in Moscow on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of theBaikal-Amur Mainline.
The BAM is a landmark project for both Russia and Azerbaijan success of building this one of the longest railway lines inthe world is directly linked to the name of the national leader ofthe Azerbaijani people, Heydar Aliyev.
As the First Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers,Heydar Aliyev became the first leader to make the decision tofamiliarize himself with the progress of construction directly onsite.
It was his 10-day trip along the BAM that became a turning pointin the construction of the mainline.
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