Turkish President Erdoğan joins Aliyev for Azerbaijan Victory Day celebrations
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan joined Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku on Sunday to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the end of the Karabakh war.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev led celebrations on Sunday to mark the sixth Victory Day, commemorating the end of the Karabakh war. Euronews reported that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan joined the commemorations in Baku. Euronews and Yahoo News Singapore both reported on President Erdoğan joining the event to highlight bilateral ties. [1][4]
Euronews reported that President Aliyev laid a wreath at the Victory Monument in Khankendi to honour soldiers and officers who died during the 2020 conflict. President Aliyev declared during the event that the unity between Turkey and Azerbaijan will last forever. [1]
Victory Day is a official public non-working holiday in Azerbaijan celebrated annually on 8 November. The holiday was established by presidential decree on 2 December 2020 to mark the recapture of the town of Shusha during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. [6]
Trend News Agency and AzerNews both reported that Victory Day commemorations were also held in Mexico City ahead of the anniversary. Statement details regarding President Erdoğan's visit to Karabakh were released on Saturday by the Turkish Presidency Directorate of Communications. [2][3][5]
In short
- Azerbaijan celebrated its sixth Victory Day to mark the end of the Karabakh war.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan joined Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for the commemorations.
- President Aliyev laid a wreath at the Victory Monument in Khankendi.
- Victory Day is an official non-working holiday established in Azerbaijan in December 2020.
Sources
Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.
- [1]Erdoğan joins Aliyev for Azerbaijan’s Victory Day in KarabakhEuronews, 39m ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]Azerbaijan’s Victory Day commemorated in Mexico (PHOTO/VIDEO)Trend News Agency, 21h ago
- [3]Azerbaijan's Victory Day commemorated in Mexico City [PHOTOS/VIDEO]AzerNews, 22h ago
- [4]Erdoğan joins Aliyev for Azerbaijan’s Victory Day in KarabakhYahoo News Singapore, 39m ago
- [5]Head of Communications Duran’s statement on President Erdoğan’s visit to Karabakhİletişim Başkanlığı, 22h ago
Background
- [6]Victory Day (Azerbaijan) on Wikipedia
- [7]Ramil Safarov on Wikipedia
- [8]Azerbaijani families demand action from European Union on missing relatives FTMQ News, 17d ago
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 8 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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