A commemorative event on January 20 - National Day of Mourning was held at the Sports and Health Club of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

The head of the club, Colonel Fuzuli Musayev, deputy of the Milli Majlis, Vugar Iskandarov, head of the Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Major General Baba Salayev, and employees of the sports and health club took part in the event.

At the event, which began with the playing of the National Anthem, the dear memory of our martyrs who died for the independence and territorial integrity of our Motherland was commemorated with a minute's silence.

Later, a documentary film about the bloody events of January 20 was shown at the event.

Speaking at the event, Colonel Fuzuli Musayev, head of the Sports and Health Club of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, spoke about the January 20 tragedy and noted that the bloody events of January, which will never be erased from the memory of our people, also had a decisive impact on the formation of Azerbaijan's national identity and were a turning point in the restoration of state independence.

As a result of these bloody events, the administrators of the Soviet empire lost all their moral and social support in Azerbaijan, showing their hateful character.

After the incident, the people of Azerbaijan did not lose heart, on the contrary, they became more determined, and the Azerbaijanis of the world entered the stage of organization.

F. Musayev noted that it was the initiative of the national leader of our people, Heydar Aliyev, that a legal and political assessment was given to this tragedy for the first time, and the truths about the tragedy were revealed.

Later, at the commemorative event, Vugar Iskanderov, deputy of the Milli Majlis, Major General Baba Salayev, head of the Academy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Hamdiyya Mammadov, a lawyer of the Sports and Health Club, spoke and said that the events of January 20 were written in golden letters in the history of our nation's struggle for freedom, and that the heroism of our martyrs was never forgotten. they emphasized that time will not forget and their dear memories will remain in the memory of our people forever.

It was noted that the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev, a wise follower of the genius leader Heydar Aliyev's political course, took important steps to perpetuate the memory of our sons and daughters who were martyred in January 1990, exalt their names, and strengthen the social protection of their families and children. is always in the center of attention of the head of state.