Baku. 17 January. REPORT.AZ/ Martyrs of Pakistan and Azerbaijan shall never be forgotten by our nations, the Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Pakistan Ali Alizada said, Report informs citing DND.
While addressing a Seminar on “From Martyrdom to Independence” jointly organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Pakistan and IQRA University in Islamabad, Ali Alizada said that both Pakistan and Azerbaijan sacrificed too much for their independence and we pay rich tributes to all martyrs.
The ambassador said that the two Countries always stood by each other in their testing times, and they still remain upbeat to foil all heinous designs.
Ali Alizada said that Pakistan rendered thousands of lives in its war against terrorism and Azerbaijan is also facing the same situation due to Armenian hostility. He said that now Armenia is still making the Azerbaijani people victims and atrocities are continuing.
The Azerbaijani envoy said that since last three years, the Azerbaijan Embassy in Islamabad has been observing January 20 to pay tributes to martyrs. He said that January 20 would never be forgotten in the history of Azerbaijan as brave children of the nation gave their lives for independence. He said that they were victims of injustice.
The ambassador gave historical details of events and circumstances of the Soviet era that at last ended in the independence of Azerbaijan but freedom was not free and it cost sacrifices of thousands of Azerbaijanis.