Baku, Azerbaijan, March 31. Commemorative
events on 31 March—the Day of the Genocide of Azerbaijanis—were
held in the Azerbaijan Army under the instruction of the Azerbaijan
Defense Minister, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, Trend reports via the
Ministry of Defense.
At the commemorative ceremonies, the memory of the National
Leader Heydar Aliyev and martyrs, who sacrificed their lives for
the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, as well as the victims of
the 31 March Genocide, was honored with observing a minute of
silence. The national anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan was
performed.
“It was noted that in 1918, between March 30 and April 3,
Azerbaijanis were brutally killed by the Baku Soviet and Dashnak
Armenian armed detachments in Baku city and various regions of Baku
governorate, as well as in Shamakhi, Guba, Khachmaz, Lankaran,
Hajigabul, Salyan, Zangazur, Karabakh, Nakhchivan, and other
territories.
It was emphasized that by the Decree of the Great Leader Heydar
Aliyev dated March 26, 1998, every year March 31 is marked as the
Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis at the state level.
The speakers noted the importance of purposeful measures taken
by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Ilham Aliyev, as well as
the Heydar Aliyev Foundation in order to deliver to the world
community the horrors of the genocide committed by Armenians
against the Azerbaijani civilians.
At commemorative events, literary and artistic compositions by
the Army Ideological and Cultural Center named after Hazi Aslanov
were presented, photo exhibitions and documentaries were shown, and
lectures on the topic were read in sociopolitical classes.
The servicemen visited the monuments of the victims of the genocide
and graves of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the
territorial integrity of the Motherland,” the ministry added.
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