Azerbaijan Celebrates Day Of Restoration Of Independence
Date
10/18/2022 2:10:46 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 18. Today is the Day
of Restoration of State Independence of Azerbaijan, reports on October
18.
The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopted the Constitutional Act
'On State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan' on October
18, 1991.
The constitutional act is based on the Declaration of
Independence of May 28, 1918, and the Declaration of the Supreme
Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan 'On the restoration of the
state independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan' of August 30,
1991, and establishes that the Republic of Azerbaijan is the legal
successor of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
This year marks the 31st anniversary of the restoration of
Azerbaijan's independence.
Azerbaijani people created an independent republic at the
beginning of the last century, and in 1991 the independence of
Azerbaijan was restored as the legal successor of the Azerbaijan
Democratic Republic.
Azerbaijani people celebrate this holiday for the second time
after 1991 as a victorious nation that has restored its territorial
integrity.
Azerbaijani Parliament (Milli Majlis) approved the National
Anthem of Azerbaijan (music by Uzeyir Hajibeyov, lyrics by Ahmad
Javad), and then the tricolor flag and the State Emblem with an
eight-pointed star and flame in May,1992.
The new law 'On Independence Day' was adopted during the plenary
session of the Azerbaijani Parliament on October 15, 2021. On the
same day, President Ilham Aliyev approved the law 'On Independence
Day'.
With the approval of the law, on October 18 - State Independence
Day was renamed the Day of the Restoration of Independence.
Restoration of Independence Day is a working day celebrated
annually in the country as a holiday.
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