Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mazahir Panahov has presented a presidential candidate certificate to Ilham Aliyev.
A deadly fire has ripped through the Republican Drug Rehabilitation Center in Baku, killing 24 people, according to a joint statement of the Office of the Prosecutor General, ministries of Emergency Situations, Internal Affairs and Health.
Russian President Vladimir Putinhas offered his condolences to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyevover a fatal fire in a drug abuse treatment center in Baku.
Armenia’s foreign minister, with his lies, tries to justify his country’s foreign policy for internal audience in the pre-election period, Hikmat Hajiyev, spokesman for Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said in response toAPA’s inquiry.
The Khojaly tragedy is one of the most terrible events of the 20th century, U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan said on Friday, APAreports.
It is important to study history, said the envoy, stressing the need for joint work to prevent recurrence of such events.
On February 26, 1992, Armenian military committed an act of genocide against the 7,000 population of the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly.
As many as 613 people, including 63 children, 106 women and 70 old people were killed as a result of the massacre. A total of 1,000 civilians became disabled in the onslaught. Eight families were completely annihilated, 130 children lost one parent, while 25 lost both parents. Some 1,275 innocent residents were taken hostage, while the fate of 150 people still remains unknown.
Armenia’s foreign minister in his statement was engaged in distortion of real facts of Armenia-AzerbaijanNagorno-Karabakh conflict and the norms and principles of international law, as well as Helsinki Final Act and put forward absurd allegations against Azerbaijan, Hikmat Hajiyev, spokesman for Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told APA.
On February 23, 1918, the supreme governing body of the South Caucasus -the Transcaucasian Seim was created.
According to a UNESCO decision, the Mugham of Azerbaijan has been proclaimed a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. In Azerbaijan proper, where the Mugham is perceived as an integral part of a system of fundamental cultural values of the Azerbaijani people, this decision is viewed both as a recognition of the merits by outstanding representatives of the genre and as a desire to attract the attention of the world’s cultural community to this unique heritage.
The book titled “Nagorno Karabakh: facts versus lies” (Нагорный Карабах: факты против лжи) by Arsen Malik-Shahnazarov, advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the so-called Nagorno Karabakh Republic since 1993, was printed in 3,000 copies by Volshebniy Fonar publishing house (Moscow).
Inauguration ceremony of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev was held
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President Ilham Aliyev, First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva and family members voted in Khankendi VIDEO
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President Ilham Aliyev was interviewed by Azerbaijani TV channels in Prague VIDEO
