Azerbaijan commemorates its heroes on Remembrance Day Presidential aide shares post on the occasion / VIDEO

Hikmat Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, has shared a video on his social media platform X, marking Remembrance Day.

“27th September- Day of Remembrance! We pay tribute to the memory of our Martyrs!!” Hajiyev said in his post, underscoring the significance of honouring the sacrifices made by those who have fallen in defence of the nation, Caliber.Az reports.

27th September- Day of Remembrance! We pay tribute to the memory of our Martyrs!! pic.twitter.com/YmZ8k5ZCwf

— Hikmet Hajiyev (@HikmetHajiyev) September 27, 2024

Since 2021, the date of September 27 is marked as Remembrance Day in Azerbaijan, to honour the memories of the heroes of the Second Karabakh War.

On September 27, 2020, the decades-old conflict between the two countries ultimately spiraled after Armenia’s forces deployed in the occupied Azerbaijani lands shelled military positions and civilian settlements of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani forces took immediate counter-measures to push the offensive back. The Defence Ministry of Azerbaijan announced the start of counter-offensive operations “to prevent the combat activity of the enemy troops and secure the safety of civilians” coming under fire. 

In a war that lasted 44 days in 2020, Azerbaijani troops liberated these lands from nearly three decades of illegal occupation by Armenia.

By Vafa Guliyeva