Azerbaijan Unveils Renovated Park In Podgorica

At a ceremony in Montenegro's capital, Podgorica, Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Yalchin Efendiyev opened the renovated King's Park with a statue of Azeri poet Huseyn Cavid. The project, which also included renovation of an adjacent street renamed Baku Street, cost several million dollars. Azerbaijan has financed the erecting of statues of former President Heydar Aliyev in several friendly countries around the world, including Montenegro's bigger neighbor, Serbia. (Esad Krcic, RFE/RL's Balkan Service)