"The Karabakh Revival Fund and the YASHAT Foundation were established on my initiative after the war," President Ilham Aliyev said at a ceremony to unveil a monument to philanthropist Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev in Baku, Report informs.
"At the same time, Azerbaijani citizens and companies voluntarily donate money to both the Karabakh Revival Fund and the YASHAT Foundation. Today, hundreds of veterans receive treatment, return to life, and recover both in Azerbaijan and abroad. This once again shows that charity has always been an integral part of the Azerbaijani people. It was simply necessary to create conditions for this, to ensure the state support for this policy, and today we witness it," the head of state noted.