Present-day Azerbaijan is a product of Heydar Aliyev`s creation, President Ilham Aliyev

Baku, May 13 (AzerTAc). “The present-day Azerbaijan, the independent Azerbaijan, is a product of Heydar Aliyev`s creation,” said President Ilham Aliyev.
The Head of State made remarks at a solemn ceremony marking the 88th anniversary of national leader Heydar Aliyev and the 7th anniversary of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
“These are not just words. This is a reality, the truth. Thanks to the strengthening of the political system, creation of a tradition of statehood and establishment of the Azerbaijani ideology in 1993-2003, Azerbaijan has now turned into a developing country.”
The President noted: “The political reforms, our policy of integration into the world community and the economic and social reforms carried out in the country in those years laid the groundwork for successful development. Today, modern Azerbaijan is successfully developing on this solid foundation. Azerbaijan is going along the path of Heydar Aliyev.”
“The policy of Heydar Aliyev lives on in Azerbaijan, and this is obvious everywhere. Oil contracts have played an exceptional role in the independent existence of our country. Thanks to these contracts, billion of dollars were invested in the country`s economy. Azerbaijan managed to introduce itself to the world community as a reliable partner. As a result of the development, transportation and exports of our natural resources, we managed to gain economic independence. Economic independence is the foundation of state independence.”
President Aliyev added: “We managed to achieve these successes in the 1990s and are continuing them now. Extensive creative and landscaping work is under way in all spheres in our country, there is rapid development.”