A farewell ceremony was held in Baku Dec. 20 for Chairman of the Supreme Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, academician Arif Mehdiyev, who died yesterday after suffering from all illness for a long time.
Head of the Presidential Administration Ramiz Mehdiyev, head of department of Humanitarian Policy Issues of the Presidential Administration Fatma Abdullazade, president of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) Akif Alizade, Deputy Prime Minister Elchin Afandiyev, Education Minister Mikayil Jabbarov and other officials attended the farewell ceremony.
Addressing the ceremony, the ANAS president regarded Mehdiyev’s death as a great loss for Azerbaijani science.
He noted that Arif Mehdiyev made a great contribution to the development of physics science in Azerbaijan.
Following the farewell ceremony, Mehdiyev was buried in the second Alley of Honor in Baku.