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The return of national leader Heydar Aliyev to Baku and his coming to political power was a decisive moment for Azerbaijan. After the First Karabakh War, Azerbaijan did not have a strategic plan either militarily or economically. In such a difficult time, the national leader of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev, made a very bold decision to nationalize the country’s oil and gas resources. Thus, thanks to his brilliant strategic vision, Heydar Aliyev was able to once again rally Azerbaijanis and lay the foundation for the country’s prosperity. reports DAY.AZ 

The  former US ambassador to Azerbaijan, former co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group from the US Matthew Bryza said this to  Day.Az.

As our interlocutor noted, during the conclusion of the 1994 agreement, called the “Contract of the Century”, national leader Heydar Aliyev competently ensured the balance of participating companies from the USA, Great Britain, Russia, Turkey, Norway, Japan and Saudi Arabia.