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On September 27, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva visited Fuzuli district.

APA reports that the head of state and the first lady laid flowers in front of the commemorative plaque dedicated to September 27 - Memorial Day in Karakhanbeyli village of Fuzuli district.

The President of Azerbaijan made a speech here.

Speech of President Ilham Aliyev

- Today is Memorial Day in Azerbaijan.

All Azerbaijani people commemorate the dear memory of our martyrs.

May God have mercy on all our martyrs.

Our martyrs sacrificed their lives for the Motherland and land.

We are proud of our martyrs.

We are proud of our heroic soldiers and officers.

The blood of our martyrs did not remain on the ground, we took the blood of our martyrs.

We took our revenge on the battlefield.

We freed our native lands from the enemy, restored the territorial integrity of our country.

The 44-day Patriotic War is our glorious history.

The people of Azerbaijan mobilized all their strength, united like a fist and expelled the enemy from our native land.

All Azerbaijani people have shown unity and will.

Thanks to the sacrifice and heroism of our heroic soldiers and officers, today we are building and creating in the liberated lands, restoring our cities and villages, and we are also proud of our glorious Victory.

At the same time, we are proud that we, the owners of these lands, are bringing life back to these lands.

In honor of our martyrs, this monument - this piece of rock was erected here, near the village of Karakhanbeyli.

Karakhanbeyli village and five other villages were liberated on the first day of the Second Karabakh War.

Garakhanbeyli, Garvand, village Horadiz, Yukhari Abdurrahmanli - villages of Fuzuli district and villages of Jabrayil district - Beyuk Marjanli and Nüzgar village were liberated on the first day of the war.

We gave the first martyrs exactly here, in this place.

The enemy's trench was located next to this monument.

There were five or six lines of defense in this direction.

An Azerbaijani soldier, an Azerbaijani officer, was dying to break through this defense line and subsequent defense lines.

Literally, he was going to die, sacrificing his life so that our tricolor flag would fly in Shusha and all the other lands that were occupied at that time.

He sacrificed his life to

Our Victory march started from this direction, breaking through the enemy's first defense line.

For 44 days, the Azerbaijani Army moved forward every day.

Every day, without stopping, without stopping, without getting tired, he went forward, shedding blood and giving martyrs, he was going towards Victory.

He didn't stop even for a day, he didn't step back even for a day, but he went forward, chasing his enemy on the battlefield and won the historic Victory.

About 300 towns and villages were liberated from the enemy in 44 days.

The enemy was forced to sign the act of capitulation and accepted his defeat and was forced to withdraw from the lands that were still under occupation at that time.

We are a happy generation that this glorious mission has fallen upon us.

We are a happy generation that we are both witnesses and participants of this historical event.

The generations that come after us will always be proud of this glorious history.

We are proud that we are children of this land.

We are proud that we restored our rights on the battlefield, defeated the enemy, and from now on, we will live forever as a victorious nation, as a victorious country.

Today, commemorating the dear memory of our martyrs, once again each of us must make a promise to ourselves, must make an oath that we will forever stand guard over our independence, we will forever stand guard over our territorial integrity.

We will not let the enemy raise his head again, we will not let him create a threat for us again.

If we see it, we will act immediately.

I'm sure it won't be necessary.

Because the increasing power of our country, including military power, is the guarantor of our independence and comfortable life.

Once again, wishing for mercy to our martyrs, I must state that their dear memory will live forever in the hearts of the Azerbaijani people.

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Then President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva commemorated the martyrs of the Patriotic War with a minute of silence at 12:00 on the occasion of Memorial Day.

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12:25 p.m

The First Vice President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva posted on her official Instagram page about September 27 - Memorial Day from Fuzuli district.

APA shares: "Memorial Day.

Fuzuli district.

27.09.2022".

On September 27, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva visited Fuzuli district.

APA reports that the head of state and the first lady laid flowers in front of the commemorative plaque dedicated to September 27 - Memorial Day in Karakhanbeyli village of Fuzuli district.

The President of Azerbaijan made a speech here.

Then President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva commemorated the martyrs of the Patriotic War with a minute of silence at 12:00 on the occasion of Memorial Day.