Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who is on a visit to Azerbaijan, laid a wreath at the tomb of national leader, architect and founder of our modern independent state Heydar Aliyev in the Alley of Honors on May 11.

Axar.az reports that the memory of prominent ophthalmologist-scientist, academician Zarifa Aliyeva was also commemorated, and fresh flowers were laid at her grave.

Afterwards, he visited the Alley of Martyrs and paid tribute to the memory of the heroic sons of the Motherland who gave their lives in the struggle for freedom, sovereignty and territorial integrity of our country.

The Russian Foreign Minister laid a wreath at the Eternal Torch monument.