Three years since Azerbaijan's historic victory
08.11.2023 /"Each of these 44 days is our glorious history. Every day the Azerbaijani army moved forward, new towns, villages, settlements, heights were liberated. Azerbaijani soldier, Azerbaijani officer fought with one goal: to put an end to this occupation, this injustice, to make historical justice prevail, and we succeeded."
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev
Today is the third anniversary of the Karabakh Victory, inscribed with golden letters in the centuries-old history of Azerbaijan. As we know, on September 27, 2020, in response to another provocative military aggression of Armenia, the victorious Azerbaijani Army launched a counter-offensive operation by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan. It is thanks to the determination of our head of state, his astute political will, the courage of our brave army and the unity of our people that the Second Karabakh War ended with the absolute victory of Azerbaijan in the military and political arena. Our ancestral and eternal lands, occupied for many years, were liberated from the enemy, putting an end to the people's longing for their homeland in 44 days.
One of the most glorious pages of the Patriotic War, inscribed in the world military history as an unprecedented victory, was the liberation of the city of Shusha, the pearl of Karabakh. The return of the occupied Aghdam, Kalbajar and Lachin districts without fighting as a result of the political will of the head of state made Azerbaijan's victory complete after defeating the enemy forces on the battlefield. This chronicle of victory also demonstrated to the world the military and economic power of Azerbaijan as an embodiment of the unity of the President and the People.
With the brilliant victory in the Second Karabakh War, the name of the head of the state Mr. Ilham Aliyev is forever inscribed in history as a founding leader, a victorious commander and a man who realized the greatest dreams of our people. It was under his leadership that our army has traveled a great historical path in a short period of time, achieved great successes and won the Great Victory. Our historic victory, precise conduct of the local anti-terrorist operation and raising of our tricolor state flag in October this year in Khankendi and other territories were the embodiment of the forward-looking political will of the head of state.
Today, the Azerbaijani people, having taken historical revenge and confidently looking to the future, celebrates the third anniversary of the glorious victory in the Patriotic War with great joy and pride. We thank our warriors who instilled in us a sense of national pride and dignity, and bow our heads before the souls of our martyrs who etched their names in history by giving their lives for the freedom of the Motherland. May our waving flag always be at the top!
Happy Victory Day!