(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 10. On May 10, President
of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban
Aliyeva also visited the city of Shusha.
The President and the First Lady were informed of the final
completion work in the administrative building and landscaping work
carried out around the building.
President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva viewed
the restoration work to be carried out by the Heydar Aliyev
Foundation at Shirin Su Bath, in the house of Sadigjan, a tar
player, a composer and an artist who improved the Azerbaijani tar,
and at the Mehmandarovs' mansion complex.
The President and the First Lady also familiarized themselves
with the repair and restoration work to be carried out at Shusha
Boutique Hotel and Shusha Realniy School.
President Ilham Aliyev then attended the inauguration of Shusha
Digital Management Center owned by“Azerishig” OJSC.
The head of state then made an address.
Address by President Ilham Aliyev
-Today marks the 99th birth anniversary of great leader Heydar
Aliyev. I visited Fuzuli and Shusha today. I was in Nakhchivan on
10 May last year. On 10 May this year, I am in Karabakh, in
liberated Karabakh.
Heydar Aliyev rendered unparalleled services to the people of
Azerbaijan. He stood by the people in the most difficult moments
for our people, saved the people of Azerbaijan from great troubles
and tragedies. Heydar Aliyev is the founding father of the
Azerbaijani statehood and the Azerbaijani state, its founder. He
dedicated his life to the people, and his greatest wish was to see
Karabakh liberated again, to have our territorial integrity
restored. As a result of his work in the field of state building
and army building, the foundations of the state were laid and our
country embarked on the path of development.
Unfortunately, my father did not live to see this day. Hundreds
of thousands of Azerbaijanis like him died without experiencing the
joy of this day. We, their successors, have completed their work,
and my father's will has been fulfilled. Today, the souls of my
father and hundreds of thousands of people who died without ever
seeing this day, the souls of all our martyrs are happy. We have
made their souls happy.
In 2003, for the first time, the people of Azerbaijan showed
confidence in me and once again demonstrated their loyalty to the
policy of the Great Leader. In my turn, I said that if the people
of Azerbaijan showed confidence in me, I, as President, would
follow the path of Heydar Aliyev, I will not turn back from this
path and achieve the restoration of the territorial integrity of
our country. I swore an oath. I am happy to have fulfilled my
promise, and Karabakh is free today. Today, the Azerbaijani flag
flies in Karabakh and Zangazur. After the liberation of Shusha, the
Azerbaijani flag was raised on the roof of the administrative
building behind me, and the victorious Azerbaijani soldiers
reported to me about the liberation of Shusha. Today, on 10 May, I
once again express my respect for the memory of the Great Leader
and I want to assure the people of Azerbaijan that I will continue
to do my best for the development of our people and our state, for
the strengthening of our independence.
Karabakh is reviving today. Today I took part in several
ceremonies in Fuzuli and Shusha. The construction and restoration
work is in full swing in all the regions. Large-scale landscaping
and restoration work is under way in all our liberated lands. As a
matter of fact, cities and villages are being rebuilt. Because
during the occupation, the enemy destroyed all our cities and
villages, ravaged all our historical sites, and brought a city like
Shusha, the pearl of Karabakh, the region and the Caucasus to a
deplorable state. We, the true owners of these lands, have already
returned, and this land and these skies are seeing that. They see
another step is taken towards development that every day. Every
day, a stone is placed on top of another. We will restore all the
liberated lands.
I had to be here today, on 10 May. I had to express my respect
for the memory of the Great Leader and the people of Azerbaijan,
and I must say once again that we have returned to these lands, our
native lands, and we will live here forever.
Karabakh is ours, Karabakh is Azerbaijan!
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