(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 27. A total of 47
servicemen of the Azerbaijani State Border Service were killed, and
197 received body injuries of varying severity during the 2020
Second Karabakh War, Head of the State Border Service,
Colonel-General Elchin Guliyev said in an interview with
'Azerbaijan' newspaper, reports.
According to Guliyev, 12 Azerbaijani border guards who showed
heroism during the battles were awarded (four posthumously) the
title of 'Hero of the Second Karabakh War', 176 people - orders,
and 5,203 - medals.
'A practice of visiting the families of martyrs on public
holidays, on birthdays and days of memory of martyrs by officers of
the State Border Service, and obligatory visits to the graves of
martyrs has been formed,” he noted.
“Besides, special attention is paid to the treatment of
veterans, processing documents for awarding them the title of war
veterans, and ensuring insurance and other payments. All conditions
were created for conscripting martyr family members for military
service and for work in the State Border Service, for admitting
martyr children to a special school of the State Border Guard
Service,” the official also said.
“To date, 12 members of martyr families have been accepted into
the State Border Service for active military service or work, or to
an educational institution of the Border Service,' added
Guliyev.
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