Baku/14.06.19/ Turan: Responding the telephone request of Turan about the purpose of the record long national flag of Azerbaijan, shown on June 13, the head of the public relations department of the State Border Service of Azerbaijan, Colonel Nagi Eyvazov, said that the flag would be passed every year on June 13.
According to official information, the state flag of Azerbaijan with a length of 5,100 meters was made for the holiday of Salvation, which is annually celebrated on June 15. (The day of return of Heydar Aliyev to power in 1993).
The Border Guard Service did not specify exactly where the solemn ceremony of bringing the flag 5-km-long led by commander Elchin Guliyev, as well as generals and an officer with a total of 5,000 men took place. The procession was accompanied by BTRs of the frontier service and 8 helicopters, the representative of the frontier service said.
However, Eyvazov did not answer the question of how much money did the Frontier Service spend on manufacturing and acquiring the flag?
The agency Turan, with reference to a foreign flag manufacturer, has calculated that the flag with a length of 5100 meters and a width of 4.5 meters from silk is 65 grams may cost 123 thousand manat ($ 72.2 thousand). The same flag from the atlas will cost 141 thousand manats ($ 82.7 thousand). -0-
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