Baku – APA. Today, employees of diplomatic services are celebrating Professional Holiday in Azerbaijan. APA reports that the Foreign Minister and employees of the Ministry have visited the grave of Heydar Aliyev in Alley of Honor and Alley of Martyrs on the occasion of Professional Holiday. The delegation led by Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov paid tribute to Heydar Aliyev and laid a wreath at the grave.
July 9 was declared Professional Holiday of the employees of diplomatic services in Azerbaijan under the order of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev dated August 24, 2007. People's Republic of Azerbaijan issued a temporary instruction on the Secretariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 9, 1919.