(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Azerbaijan marks the 106th anniversary of its glorious Armed
Forces. As is known, on June 26, 1918, by a decree of the
government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, which was the
first republic in the Muslim East, the Muslim Corps, formed by the
decision of the Special Transcaucasian Committee, was renamed the
Separate Azerbaijani Corps.
This decision was the legal basis for the creation of the armed
forces of independent Azerbaijan. Lieutenant General Ali-Aga
Shikhlinsky was appointed commander of the Azerbaijani corps.
Unfortunately, the ADR existed for an extremely short period. And
the reason for its fall, among other things, was precisely that the
process of building a strong army was not completed.
The importance of creating a powerful military elite was well
understood by the national leader of the Azerbaijani people, Heydar
Aliyev. He understood and carried out practical, historical steps
in this direction. It was thanks to Heydar Aliyev that in 1971 a
special school named after J. Nakhichevansky was formed in Baku. In
1973, the school received the status of a republican one.
It was a very wise, far-sighted step in the formation of a
national military elite. After its return to power, already in
independent Azerbaijan, it was by order of the President of the
Republic of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev on November 24, 1997, that the
special school was renamed the military Lyceum named after J.
Nakhichevansky.
More than 100 graduates of the school at different times were
awarded orders and medals of Azerbaijan, and 8 of them were awarded
the honorary title of the National Hero of Azerbaijan. These are
those who can rightly call themselves the national military elite
of Azerbaijan, which was created and raised by Heydar Aliyev. And I
am convinced that he would be proud now, seeing the fruits of his
historical work for the benefit of our country, our people.
I will add that it was by Heydar Aliyev's Decree of May 22,
1998, that June 26 was declared "Armed Forces Day" and declared a
non-working day. This is how the national leader linked our past to
our present and future. Thus, he demonstrated the most important
priorities in the development of independent Azerbaijan.
There is a well-known saying that people who do not want to feed
their own army will soon feed someone else's. Regardless of who is
the author of this aphorism, it is absolutely fair. For, only the
presence of a strong, well-trained and armed army makes it possible
to solve the most important tasks facing any state.
Starting from protecting their own borders and ending with
measures to force countries that have encroached on the territorial
integrity of the state to peace. How all this is implemented in
practice Azerbaijan has shown more than once. Our army, led by the
President of Azerbaijan, and Supreme Commander-in-Chief Ilham
Aliyev, has a number of glorious victories over Armenia and its
patrons.
This happened in April 2016, during the April war. The same
thing happened after the 44-day war. Azerbaijan showed the whole
world what a strong army of a strong state should be, nullifying
the myth about the "invincibility" of the Armenian invaders and
their "omnipotence" in the minds of Armenians. They had to accept
the new reality.
All these achievements of the Azerbaijani army are based on the
political will of the country's leadership and on the competent
economic policy of the state. As President of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev recently rightly noted, the successful economic policy of
Azerbaijan allows the authorities to allocate the necessary state
funds for the construction of the army, the purchase of new
weapons, new equipment, and the creation of new combat
formations.
This is true. In general, our country is independent in the true
sense of the word, because it is capable of pursuing an independent
policy, and it is our military potential that gives us this
strength in the first place. This is the main result of the huge
work to strengthen the state, which was started by the national
leader of the Azerbaijani people Heydar Aliyev, and completed by
the current President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
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