During her visit to Lerik, Leyla Aliyeva, Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, met with the family of shepherd Khanish Shahiyev, a close friend of National Leader Heydar Aliyev.

During the meeting, they fondly recalled the sincere friendship between National Leader Heydar Aliyev and Khanish Shahiyev, as well as President Ilham Aliyev’s meetings with shepherd Khanish.

They also commemorated Shahiyev’s family members who sacrificed their lives for the Motherland.

Elgun Shahiyev and Altay Shahiyev, grandsons of Khanish Shahiyev, were martyred in the Patriotic War, while their uncles, Jamal and Huseyn, were martyred in the First Karabakh War.