The Antimonopoly and Consumer Market Control Agency under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (the Agency) held an event to mark the fifth anniversary of 8 November – Victory Day.
The event began with the national anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan, followed by a minute of silence in memory of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the territorial integrity of the country.
As part of the event, a video featuring an address by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr Ilham Aliyev, to the nation following the liberation of the city of Shusha from occupation in 2020 was screened. This was followed by a documentary film about the return to Azerbaijan’s ancestral lands.
Addressing the event, Elnur Baghirov, Chairman of the Agency, noted that the historic victory achieved in the 44-day Patriotic War was a vivid manifestation of the Azerbaijani people’s national solidarity, unity and determination. He particularly emphasised that the victory, achieved under the strategic leadership of Victorious Supreme Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev, demonstrated the strength of the country, the heroism of its Armed Forces and the unwavering will of its people. He also noted that, by decrees of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 23 veterans of the Patriotic War currently working at the Agency and its subordinate institutions had been awarded various orders and medals.
Subsequently, Patriotic War veterans Yusif Guliyev, Nurlan Mammadov and Nijat Yunisli, who currently work at the Agency and its subordinate institutions and witnessed the events that became part of the Azerbaijani people’s glorious history of victory, shared their experiences from the battlefield and reflected with pride on those days. They also paid tribute to the cherished memory of their fallen comrades-in-arms.
