Defense Ministry makes video for National Salvation Day

The Defense Ministry has released a video on the Day of National Salvation

The film tells about the events that took place in Azerbaijan by the second half of 1993, and the restoration of stability in the country with the return of national leader Heydar Aliyev to power for the second time, Report says.

Colonel Yashar Karimov, Colonel Babir Guliyev, Major Elnur Khudeynatov, and others have shared their memories of that period.

It was noted that the return of national leader Heydar Aliyev to power for the second time gave impetus to necessary steps to strengthen the material and technical base of the Armed Forces and rank the Azerbaijani Army among the world's leading ones.

"Thanks to the national leader's attention and care for the Armed Forces, the Azerbaijani Army was included among the strongest armies in the region," it says.

Azerbaijan is celebrating the Day of National Salvation today.

Great leader Heydar Aliyev announced the Azerbaijani statehood's future development strategy in the meeting held on June 15, 1993, and this day entered the history of Azerbaijan as the Day of National Salvation, so Azerbaijan statehood has escaped the danger of disappearance.

Heydar Aliyev, who returned to power for the second time with the Azerbaijani people's request, was elected the Supreme Soviet chairman. Thus, tensions and confrontations that lasted for many years had weakened, and the country survived the threat of civil war and collapsing. National liberation philosophy, in its broad sense, ensures the existence of Azerbaijan and its greatest historical achievement.

If gaining independence was the first term, the second important issue was maintaining and promoting sovereignty, and it became a reality thanks to the will of the national leader. He created the concept of Azerbaijani national statehood. Despite all obstacles, public-political stability has been restored in the country as soon as possible.

On June 20, 1993, Heydar Aliyev held a briefing for local and foreign journalists to convey the truth of Azerbaijan to the world community. On June 21, he met with diplomats from several countries. The policy pursued in this area had removed the republic from the information blockade. The world-wide idea about Azerbaijan changed positively. The great potential of Heydar Aliyev became the guarantee of Azerbaijan's independence in such a difficult political period. The national leader's identity, personal political power, determination, and charisma ended the political crisis, and the integration of Azerbaijan into the world community began.

In 1997, members of the Milli Majlis proposed to include June 15 to the calendar as the National Salvation Day of Azerbaijan, and the parliament approved this proposal. Since then, Heydar Aliyev's return to power has been celebrated as the National Salvation Day.