November 25 is Kalbajar City Day

Today – November  25 is Kalbajar City Day,  4 years have passed since the Armenian occupying  army left the region.

According  to the  order signed by President  Ilham Aliyev  on 31 July, 2023, Kalbajar  City Day will be solemnly  celebrated on  25 November every  year.

The liberation of  Kalbajar was possible as a result  of  the political leadership of  the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of  the Armed Forces, President Ilham Aliyev, his leadership skills and the successful military operations of the  Azerbaijani Army in  the Patriotic  War.

Thus, according to the  statement signed by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Russian President  Vladimir Putin  and Armenian Prime Minister  Nikol Pashinyan  on  10 November, 2020  in  accordance with the results of  the 44-day  war, Kalbajar  was  to  be returned  to  Azerbaijan on  15  November.

However, the Armenian side requested an additional 10 days for the  withdrawal of  the army and the illegally settled people from the region. Therefore, the Azerbaijani state, once again demonstrating its humane character, extended the deadline until November 25, taking into account the request of Russian President  Vladimir Putin.

It should be remind that the  terrorist – occupying  Armenian armed gangs occupied Kalbajar  on 2 April, 1993. As a result of the occupation, 53,340 people were  displaced  from  their homeland, 55 military personnel, 511 civilians were killed, 321 people were  taken  prisoner  and went  missing, and thousands of residents  were  injured.