Today, Azerbaijan celebrates Victory Day, marking its triumph in the Patriotic War of 2020. This decisive conflict culminated in the liberation of Azerbaijani territories that had been occupied by Armenia since 1992-1994.
The establishment of this holiday was announced by a decree of the President of Azerbaijan on December 2, 2020, in connection with the liberation of the city of Shusha by Azerbaijani armed forces on November 8.
The Patriotic War, launched with the aim of liberating Azerbaijani territories occupied by Armenia, began on September 27, 2020, and lasted 44 days until the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia, along with the Prime Minister of Armenia, signed a ceasefire statement on November 10, 2020. The statement required Armenia to withdraw its troops from Azerbaijani territory in exchange for an end to hostilities, which subsequently took place.
Politics
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday issued a statement on escalating crackdown on Azerbaijani civil society and media, urging authorities in Baku to release all those unjustly detained, cease its crackdown, and fulfill the commitments, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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A charter flight operated by Enter Air departed from Yerevan to Baku on Wednesday evening, according to Armenian media citing data from Flightradar24. At Yerevan’s Zvartnots Airport, Sputnik Armenia reported that this was a charter flight.
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On Wednesday, a group of famous footballers arrived in Baku. Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Sergio Busquets, and Jordi Alba visited several public and cultural sites in the capital and took part in a meeting with football fans at the Crystal Hall.
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On Wednesday, the trial of activist and veteran of the First Karabakh War, Rza Safarsoy, accused of illegal possession of firearms, concluded at the Khazar District Court. The prosecutor recommended a sentence of 3 years in prison for him. The defense requested Safarsoy's acquittal, arguing that his guilt had not been proven during the trial.
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