(MENAFN- AzerNews) An international conference on the strategic alliance between
Azerbaijan and Türkiye, dedicated to the second anniversary of the
Shusha Declaration, was held in Azerbaijan on Thursday, Azernews
reports, citing Anadolu Agency.
The conference, titled Azerbaijan-Türkiye Strategic Alliance:
From Liberation to Victory, was organized by Türkiye's Justice and
Development (AK) Party and the New Azerbaijan Party in
Shusha, the symbolic city of Azerbaijan's Karabakh region.
The event was attended by Binali Yildirim, deputy chairman of
the AK Party, and Tahir Budagov, vice chairman of YAP, along with
members of parliament, academics, and experts.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan congratulated Azerbaijan
on its National Salvation Day, which is marked on June 15.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan also congratulated the
National Salvation Day of Azerbaijan and the second anniversary of
the Shusha Declaration.
"Today is both the National Salvation Day of dear Azerbaijan and
the anniversary of the Shusha Declaration, which further
strengthens our natural alliance," Fidan said on Twitter.
Azerbaijan celebrates the annual day to mark the events when
their national leader, Haydar Aliyev, got elected as chairman of
the Supreme Council of Azerbaijan in 1993 and succeeded in
preventing a civil war in the country.
In 1997, Azerbaijani lawmakers put forward an initiative to
designate June 15 Azerbaijan's National Salvation Day and the
parliament approved the proposal.
In 2020, thanks to efforts by Azerbaijan's President Ilham
Aliyev, the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan was restored and
the National Salvation Day started being celebrated in territories
previously occupied by Armenia.
Relations between the two former Soviet republics of Armenia and
Azerbaijan have been tense since 1991 when the Armenian military
occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory internationally recognized
as part of Azerbaijan, and seven adjacent regions.
Azerbaijan liberated several cities, villages and settlements
from Armenian occupation in the fall of 2020 during 44 days of
fighting.
A Russian-brokered peace agreement is celebrated as a triumph in
Azerbaijan.
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