Baku: A delegation led by Igor Yuryevich Babushkin, Governor of Astrakhan Oblast of the Russian Federation, visited the Alley of Honors on December 16. The delegation paid tribute to National Leader Heydar Aliyev, the architect and founder of independent Azerbaijan, by laying flowers at his grave.
According to Azerbaijan State News Agency, the delegation also honored prominent ophthalmologist and academician Zarifa Aliyeva with a floral tribute at her grave.