Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visits Ganja city [PHOTO]
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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has visited the city of Ganja, Azertag reported on January 30.
The head of state laid flowers at a statue of national leader Heydar Aliyev in the center of the city of Ganja.
President Ilham Aliyev attended the inauguration of a new building of Ganja State Drama Theatre, and Ganja regional ASAN Xidmet Center No 2.
Ganja State Drama Theatre was established in 1921 in Baku. The head of state was informed of the work done in the new building of Ganja State Drama Theatre.
The head of state viewed the construction progress at Ganja Sports Palace.
The two-storey Ganja Sports Palace will feature a large gym, a swimming pool, a venue for international tournaments, and schools for chess, wrestling, boxing and other sports.
President Ilham Aliyev also attended the opening of a locomotive depot of the Azerbaijan Railways Closed Joint Stock Company. The head of state launched the depot.
Ganja locomotive depot is supplied with the state-of-the-art equipment and devices manufactured by the United States, Germany, England, the Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, the Republic of Korea, China, Russia and a number of other countries.
Some 350 solar panels have been installed in the depot, which allows to meet part of the energy demand. The new depot will create 75 jobs.
President also laid a foundation stone for Ganja Memorial Complex.
The head of state viewed the area where the Complex will be created. President Ilham Aliyev was informed of the Complex.
During the Patriotic War, on October 4, 5, 8, 11 and 17, the city of Ganja was hit by the Armenian armed forces from "Tochka-U", "Smerch", "SCUD" and other various missiles. As a result, 26 civilians, including 6 children were killed, and 142 civilians, including 31 children, were injured.
President Ilham Aliyev laid flowers at the memorial corner to civilians killed as a result of a rocket attack by the Armenian armed forces on the city of Ganja.
He was then interviewed by Azerbaijan State News Agency-AZERTAC.
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