Organisation of Turkic States commemorates Azerbaijani fallen servicemen on Remembrance Day

The Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) has shared a publication dedicated to September 27 - Remembrance Day.

“On the occasion of September 27, a day dedicated to the commemoration of martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan, we pay our profound tribute and heartfelt gratitude to all the martyrs and veterans who have served Azerbaijan with unwavering dedication,” Caliber.Az quotes the Organisation as saying on social network X.

On the occasion of September 27, a day dedicated to the commemoration of martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan🇦🇿, we pay our profound tribute and heartfelt gratitude to all the martyrs and veterans who have served… pic.twitter.com/DRGJ7Ciwfa

— Organization of Turkic States (@Turkic_States) September 27, 2023

On September 27, Azerbaijan marks Remembrance Day, honouring the memories of the heroes who lost their lives fighting in the Second Garabagh War (2020), also known as the “Patriotic War.”

The war, which lasted 44 days in 2020, saw Azerbaijani forces liberate the lands from nearly three decades of illegal occupation by Armenia.

Armenia and Azerbaijan had been in an armed conflict over Azerbaijan's Garabagh (Garabagh) region since the early 1990s when Armenia launched full-blown military aggression against Azerbaijan. The bloody war lasted until a ceasefire in 1994 and saw Armenia occupying 20 per cent of Azerbaijan’s internationally recognized territories. Over 30,000 Azerbaijanis were killed, and one million were expelled from those lands in a brutal ethnic cleansing policy conducted by Armenia.

Armenian authorities failed to fulfill the UN Security Council's four resolutions demanding the immediate complete and unconditional withdrawal of the occupying forces from the Azerbaijani lands and the return of internally displaced Azerbaijanis to their native lands. The lack of international pressure on Armenia and three decades of ineffective mediation by the OSCE Minsk Group resulted in a dead-end in fetching a lasting solution to the conflict.