Ali Alizada says during the years
of the occupation of Azerbaijani territories by Armenia, the Senate and
National Assembly of Pakistan adopted several resolutions, Foreign Office and
Armed Forces of Pakistan issued many statements condemning the illegal actions
and war crimes of Armenia against Azerbaijan.
ISLAMABAD, MAY 27: This year
Azerbaijan celebrates the 103rd anniversary of the establishment of Azerbaijani
Democratic Republic (ADR), the first democratic republic in the Muslim world, with
double and special significance, after the liberation of the internationally
recognized territories from almost 30 years of illegal Armenian occupation.
The ADR left an indelible mark
and entered forever into the history of the Azerbaijani nation with its rich state
building experience and prepared a good basis for the future independence of Azerbaijan.
Ali Alizada said, as the successor of ADR,
Azerbaijan regained its independence in 1991 and after coming to power of Heydar
Aliyev, the National Leader of Azerbaijan in 1993, Azerbaijan has overcome
through the hard and strict tests of history and embarked on the path of
development, ensuring stability and confidently moving forward.
Relying solely on the support of
the Azerbaijani people, H. Aliyev put an end to all negativity in the country,
disbanded all illegal armed groups, established safety and order, and began building
the state institutions and a regular army of Azerbaijan.
All these years Azerbaijani
nation lived with one dream, to liberate the illegaly occupied territories of
Azerbaijan and restore peace and justice in the region, which Azerbaijan has
sought almost 30 years through all platforms.
If the creation of ADR, on May
28, 1918 was a historic event for the Azerbaijani nation, the restoration of the territorial integrity of modern independent Azerbaijan in 2020 became
another glorious historic victory and achievement for Azerbaijan and its
nation.
For all 30 years of the conflict,
Azerbaijan has suffered a lot from Armenian aggression and Azerbaijan has been
delivering the truth about this issue at all international events and forums.
More than 30 thousands of
Azerbaijanis have been martyred, all cities, residential buildings, schools,
hospitals, public buildings, historical sites and mosques in occupied
territories of Azerbaijan have been destroyed.
Armenia insulted the entire
Muslim world, kept cows and pigs in our mosques, destroyed all cultural
monuments and even plowed up all graves. Despite that all leading international
organizations recognized and supported the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan
and demanded the withdrawal of Armenian troops from Azerbaijani territories,
Armenia has always showed an unconstructive approach to the resolution of the
conflict and at the end the provocative steps, statements and aggressive
actions of Armenia have put an end to all negotiations and made war inevitable.
Under the resolute command of the
Supreme Commander-in-chief, Azerbaijan has fulfilled its historic mission and
defeated Armenia due to the professionalism and heroism of victorious Azerbaijan
Army, and of course due to high national spirit and strength.
Glory to, thanks to the
dedication of our martyrs, Azerbaijan has again secured its territorial
integrity. May grant all our martyrs the highest rank in Jannah!
We have achieved our goal. The
44-day Patriotic war has demonstrated Azerbaijan’s power, resolve and unity. It
showed that the Azerbaijani people will never put up with injustice.
We must also mention that
Azerbaijan has liberated its lands through development, because development is
also the backbone of our victory, and today, Azerbaijan is one of the rapidly
developing countries of the world, and under the leadership of President Ilham
Aliyev continues its dynamic progress and economic growth.
And soon the liberated
territories of Azerbaijan will also become one of the developed regions of
Azerbaijan and a real paradise.
We are thankful to our brotherly
country Pakistan and its nation which constantly stood shoulder to shoulder
with Azerbaijan and supported its right of self-defence during Patriotic War of
Azerbaijan.
Pakistan even didn’t recognize
Armenia due to occupation of Azerbaijani lands and always put its principal
position in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
During the years of the
occupation of Azerbaijani territories by Armenia, the Senate and National
Assembly of Pakistan adopted several resolutions, Foreign Office and Armed
Forces of Pakistan issued many statements condemning the illegal actions and
war crimes of Armenia against Azerbaijan.
This is a true demonstration of
brotherhood. Azerbaijan has also always stood and supported Pakistan in all
matters, including the Kashmir issue which also waits implementation of UN SC
resolutions for several decades. I am sure our brotherhood and mutual support
to each other will be continued and strengthened
in the years ahead as well.
Pakistan and Azerbaijan have time
tested relations which based on strategic partnership, confidence, mutual
respect and trust.
In the last one year Covid-19
pandemic has caused the worldwide slowdown, but even in pandemic time
Azerbaijan-Pakistan relations, the political, military, defence, economy,
security and energy ties have continued to grow in an upward trajectory.
The leadership of two countries
had a regular constructive meetings and telephone conversations where they
hailed the importance of further strengthening the efforts to boost cooperation
between our countries. Despite the restrictions caused by the pandemic we were able
to hold bilateral political consultations, the meeting of Joint Working Group
on Trade, online business forum, B2B meetings and as well as the trilateral
meeting of FMs of Azerbaijan, Pakistan and Turkey.
During the last year, we were
also able to conduct several high level visits of government and military
officials, including an official bilateral visit of FM of Azerbaijan to
Pakistan, the bilateral official visits of Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
Committee of Pakistan and the Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan to Azerbaijan,
etc.
Soon an official visit of Speaker
of Milli Majlis (Parliament) of Azerbaijan to Pakistan will be conducted, the
meeting of the Joint Working Group on Agriculture, the meeting of
Intergovernmental Joint Commission will be arranged, the visits of Chief of
Naval Staff of Azerbaijan to Pakistan and the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan
to Azerbaijan, as well as Azerbaijan, Pakistan and Turkey joint military
exercise will be held during this year.
The efforts for strengthening
people to people contacts, cultural, media, science, education ties have also
increased and the humanitarian-social projects of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation
of Azerbaijan were also continued in Pakistan during this pandemic time.
The establishment of direct
flights remains also one of our main aims and the agreement have already
reached to start operations of direct flights as soon as Covid -19 situation
will be settled down.
All these developments show the commitment
of our fraternal nations and Governments to further deepen and strengthen our
relations.
I thank the Government, Army and
people of brotherly Pakistan for continued cooperation, support and commitment
to further deepen our relations. Taking this opportunity, I congratulate
Azerbaijani community in Pakistan and all my countrymen on the occasion of
National Day, “May 28- Republic Day of Azerbaijan”.
Pakistan-Azerbaijan Dosti
Zindabad!
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