President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, first lady Mehriban Aliyeva and family members have attended a tree-planting campaign on the occasion of the 96th birthday anniversary of national leader Heydar Aliyev. The campaign took place in a green space, which is created on the 28th km of Zigh-Heydar Aliyev International Airport highway.

Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev informed President Ilham Aliyev of the projects to clean the polluted areas.

President Ilham Aliyev, first lady Mehriban Aliyeva and family members then planted trees in the area.

President Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva met with young people attending the campaign. The head of state thanked the Azerbaijani youth for their work to improve the ecological situation and hailed the importance of social and environmental projects implemented by them.