Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and First Vice President Mehriban Aliyev honored the memory of the victims of bloody events on January 20, 1990, which became a symbol of the struggle for freedom and independence of the country.
According to Saturday, January 20 of the Azerbaijani State Media, the presidential couple visited the Shekhids alley – a cemetery in Baku, where the Shahids were buried – mostly victims of the Black January and Azerbaijani who died in the Karabakh war.
Ilham Aliyev laid a wreath to the Memorial “Eternal Flame”. The state anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan was sounded.
The Memory of the Shehids was honored with a minute of silence and residents of the Azerbaijani capital and other cities of the republic.
At 12.00 Baku time throughout the territory of Azerbaijan, traffic was suspended. Ships in the Baku bay, roads on the roads and trains gave a beep in memory of the victims of bloody events.
in connection with the 34th anniversary of the tragedy on January 20, the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Defense of Turkey shared.
“We respect the memory of our Azerbaijani brothers who died on January 20, 1990 for the independence of Azerbaijan,” follows from the Turkish Foreign Ministry on the social network x.
The Ministry of Defense of Turkey noted that Ankara will continue together with Azerbaijan. “We honor the memory of our brothers who died in a massacre, who was taught in Azerbaijan on January 20, 1990 and known as” Black January “. As one nation, two states, we will continue together with our Azerbaijani brothers.”
34 years have passed since the bloody events of January 20, 1990 in Baku, which have become a symbol of the struggle for freedom and independence of Azerbaijan.
Entering in Baku on January 20, 1990 parts of the Soviet Army to suppress large -scale speeches of the masses, protesting against the aggressive actions of Armenia and its territorial claims against Azerbaijan, against the protection of the leadership of the former USSR, led to the tragedy.
The day of January 20, 1990 went down in history as the heroic page of the struggle for independence and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
The military units introduced in Baku, as well as other regions of Azerbaijan, killed 150 civilians on the night of January 19 to January 20, 1990, 744 innocent civilians were injured, many of them remained disabled, 841 people were illegally arrested. P>
The valor shown by the inhabitants of the country on those tragic days, ultimately led Azerbaijan to independence.