Zubair Qureshi
Ambassador of Azerbaijan KhazarFarhadov on Wednesday expressed profound gratitude to the people and the government of Pakistan for extending support to Azerbaijan in conflict with Armenia over the Karabakh region and said Pakistan supported Azerbaijan’s principled stance since day one. This demonstrates the strong bond of friendship existing between the two nations over decades.
He also paid rich tributes to the martyrs and veterans of the Azerbaijan army for laying glorious sacrifices in liberation of the occupied areas during the 44-day Patriotic War in 2020.
Ambassador KhazarFarhadov was addressing the ‘Remembrance Day of the Republic of Azerbaijan’ and a book presentation ceremony ‘The History of the Patriotic War—The Personality Factor’ at the embassy.
The Remembrance Day ceremony was a well-attended event and one could see Senators Muhammad TalhaMahmood, MushahidHussainSayed, Turkish ambassador Mehmet Pacaci, Representative of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) DilshadSenol, Dean of Diplomatic Corps Turkmenistan Ambassador AtadjanMovlamov, Kyrgyz Republic Ambassador UlanbekTotuiaev, Director General (DG) of the Institute of Strategic Studies (ISSI) former Ambassador SohailMahmood, former ambassador Khalid Mehmood, senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs felicitating Ambassador Khazar and his team over the third anniversary of the historic day and victory in the war against Armenia. Ambassador Khazar said Pakistan and Turkiye remained steadfast in their support and the Azerbaijan leadership, government and the people highly value and appreciate this gesture of friendship and sincerity.
While thanking the guests, Ambassador Khazar said Armenia kept Azerbaijan’s territories under illegal occupation for almost 30 years till 2020 and during all these years, Armenia continued to commit provocations against Azerbaijan. However, three years ago, on September 27, 2020, a counter-offensive was launched in response to Armenia’s yet another large-scale military attack on Azerbaijani Army positions and civilian settlements.
