This 12 months—the “Year of the Constitution and Sovereignty”—will stay in Azerbaijani historical past and within the reminiscence of the Azerbaijani individuals as a time marked by magnificent diplomatic victories, historic moments, and unprecedented occasions. For greater than 30 years, the peace and safety we longed for within the South Caucasus and our efforts to revive our nation’s territorial integrity and sovereignty culminated after the Second Karabakh Patriotic War that started in 2020. On October 15, 2023, the elevating of the beloved tricolor Azerbaijani Flag in Khankendi, the shining of the State Emblem inside our constitutional borders just like the solar, and eventually, the settlement reached on August 8, 2025, in Washington on a peace accord with Armenia topped these efforts, writes Mazahir Afandiyev, member of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
This is a transparent indication that each Azerbaijani is a citizen of a robust state in our trendy historical past. As the Supreme Commander and Great Leader Ilham Aliyev has stated, the successes we’ve achieved are owed to the smart insurance policies of the Great Leader Heydar Aliyev and to the Azerbaijani sons, our highly effective Army troopers, and our heroic warriors.
Two years in the past, on October 15, after President Ilham Aliyev raised the Azerbaijani Flag within the central sq. of Shusha, his deal with to our expensive individuals—“I’m glad that each one the guarantees I made and the duties I set earlier than myself within the final 20 years have been fulfilled”—as soon as once more confirmed how smart the choices of Azerbaijani residents had been 22 years in the past.
That deal with additionally conveyed not solely to our individuals however to the complete world that each metropolis, district, and village of our beloved Karabakh, which is popping increasingly more into paradise day-to-day, will flourish much more and that Azerbaijan’s sovereignty will probably be totally ensured.
During his go to to Karabakh, President Ilham Aliyev raised our State Flag within the territories of the Sarsang water reservoir, Agdere, Khojaly, Khojavend, and Shusha, paving the best way for the development of the governance of those lands in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, legal guidelines, the orders of the Supreme Commander, and all rights and norms as an integral a part of Azerbaijan’s territory. This additionally contributed to the signing of a good, long-term peace treaty primarily based on worldwide regulation and ideas within the South Caucasus. This actually grew to become one of many happiest and proudest moments within the lives of the Azerbaijani individuals and all Azerbaijanis.
Another proud second for us was that these occasions occurred on October 15. On this very day in 2003, Ilham Aliyev was elected president, and by honorably persevering with the political legacy of the National Leader Heydar Aliyev, he efficiently led our state in direction of strategic objectives on the strong basis created by him. As a end result, Azerbaijan grew to become a number one state within the area, a rustic with weight and affect on this planet, and an impartial participant whose coverage ensured the restoration of territorial integrity and sovereignty.
On our difficult path, President Ilham Aliyev grew to become the image of our independence, the voice of Azerbaijan on this planet, and the guarantor of the rights and safety of all Azerbaijanis worldwide. By creating new realities for our trendy nation primarily based on previous traditions, the pinnacle of state gained the excessive belief and boundless love of the individuals, and along with his qualities of humanism and management, he earned an everlasting place within the hearts of Azerbaijani residents.
Thus, the Great Leader Heydar Aliyev constructed an impartial Azerbaijan, and Ilham Aliyev reworked it into a powerful state, restoring Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. We are assured that our proud and powerful individuals will proceed to attain new heights to make our victories and independence eternal, and can persistently carry ahead the farsighted coverage of our invincible Azerbaijani Commander and the fantastic writing of our historical past, preventing for a higher Azerbaijan with willpower.
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