The autonomous Gagauz region in Moldova recently installed the monuments of Heydar Alyiev and Suleyman Demirel in the regional capital of Comrat.
Mr. Alyiev was President of Azerbaijan between 1993 and 2003, after which his son Ilham Alyiev took over. Mr. Demirel was Turkish Prime Minister and President.
The Gagauz are a Christianized Turkic minority living in the south of Moldova. Although tense, their ties with Chisinau have been more constructive than Transnistria's relationship with Moldovan authorities.
Mihail Formuzal, the region's Baskan (governor), said that the monuments were installed because the Gagauz people had common origins with the Azeri and the Turkish people, and because the two countries had helped the autonomous region.
The special status of the region was adopted by the Moldovan legislature on December 23, 1994. The region is thusly celebrating its 15th-year anniversary.
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