“Kalbajar district has been liberated from occupation today. I heartily congratulate all the people of Azerbaijan on this occasion. Your native district has been liberated from occupation. The people of Azerbaijan have been looking forward to this day for years. The enemy invaded Kalbajar on 2 April 1993. They savagely expelled innocent people from their ancestral lands and severely damaged the historical sites and nature of Kalbajar,” President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said in his address to the nation.

“The occupation of Kalbajar district was a great tragedy. The occupation of each district was a great tragedy. After the occupation of Shusha and Lachin districts in May 1992, the occupation of Kalbajar also created a geographical link between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Everyone knows that the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region did not have a border with the Republic of Armenia. Armenia was separated from Nagorno-Karabakh by the Lachin district and the Lachin corridor. The occupation of Lachin, Shusha, and then Kalbajar districts created a geographical connection between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh over a large area, and this was the enemy’s goal. After the occupation of Kalbajar, it is possible to say that communication was established between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh in many ways. First of all, weapons, equipment, and manpower were sent there from Armenia. At the same time, it provided great advantages for Armenia’s subsequent policy of aggression,” the head of state added.

Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense has released video footage of Chopurlu village of Kalbajar district.

Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense has released video footage of Chopurlu village of Kalbajar district.

Azerbaijan Defense Minsitry has released a video from Shekerjik village of Fuzuli region.

Demonstrators clashed with police in several Tunisian cities on Sunday as part of a third consecutive day of unrest a decade on from the revolution that ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

The Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan shared a video from Alolar village of Kalbajar region.

Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars and artillery on Sept. 27. Azerbaijan responded with a counter-offensive along the entire front.

On November 10, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement to end six weeks of fierce fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Under the agreement, Russian peacekeepers were deployed along the front line in Nagorno-Karabakh and the corridor between the region and Armenia.

A total of 1,960 Russian peacekeepers were deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh under a five-year mandate.

Also, according to the agreement, on 20 November, Armenia handed over the Aghdam region which lies to the east of Nagorno-Karabakh, to Azerbaijan.

This followed on 25 November by the Kalbajar region to the northwest of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Armenian media made a report on a video taken by Azerbaijani servicemen in the liberated territories. 

The footage shows an unusual military fortification left by Armenians during the war. The video shows a tunnel and a specially reinforced bunker.Armenian journalists commented on the video: “Azerbaijani servicemen are at the headquarters of Khojavend-3. It was one of the strongest and most inviolable bunkers in Karabakh. It is already under the control of the enemy. ”

Note, during the war there were many reports about the disclosure of secret Armenian military facilities. It became clear that in the positions liberated by our servicemen the occupying country has been building tunnels and special fortifications, bunkers and other secret military facilities worth millions of dollars, where tanks can be hidden.

Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and Chief of General Staff General Yaşar Güler are in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

Report informs that the statement came from the Turkish Ministry of National Defense.

Akar will meet with Iraqi Defense Minister Juma Inad and other senior officials. During the meeting, parties will discuss cooperation issues in the fight against terrorism.

The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan shared a video from the Khidirli village of Aghdam district.

Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars and artillery on Sept. 27. Azerbaijan responded with a counter-offensive along the entire front.

On November 10, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement to end six weeks of fierce fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Under the agreement, Russian peacekeepers were deployed along the front line in Nagorno-Karabakh and the corridor between the region and Armenia.

A total of 1,960 Russian peacekeepers were deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh under a five-year mandate.

Also, according to the agreement, on 20 November, Armenia handed over the Aghdam region which lies to the east of Nagorno-Karabakh, to Azerbaijan.

This followed on 25 November by the Kalbajar region to the northwest of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Muslim call to prayer (Adhan) was again recited at the Omar Pass over the Murovdag mountain range.

During the occupation of Azerbaijan’s Kalbajar district by the Armenian armed forces in April 1993, civilians managed to escape the massacre by crossing the Omar Pass.

The Azerbaijani Army, which achieved a glorious victory in the Patriotic War under the leadership of Supreme Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev, entered the liberated Kalbajar district through the Omar Pass after 27 years – on 25 November 2020.

Servicemen of Azerbaijan’s Combined Arms Army will take part in the “Winter Exercise 2021” to be held in Kars, Turkey.

A see-off ceremony for the servicemen to be held in the military exercise was held.

Addressing the ceremony, First Deputy Commander of the Combined Arms Army – Chief of the Staff, Major General Fazil Aghalarov spoke about the Azerbaijan-Turkey military-technical cooperation, stressing the importance of joint military exercises held annually in Nakhchivan and Kars.

Praising the glorious victory of the victorious Azerbaijani Army in the Patriotic War, the major general wished success to the servicemen who will partake in the “Winter Exercise 2021”.

The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan shared a video from Shelli village of Aghdam district.

Note, Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars and artillery on Sept. 27.

Azerbaijan responded with a counter-offensive along the entire front. On November 10, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement to end six weeks of fierce fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Under the agreement, Russian peacekeepers were deployed along the front line in Nagorno-Karabakh and the corridor between the region and Armenia.

A total of 1,960 Russian peacekeepers were deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh under a five-year mandate.

Also, according to the agreement, on 20 November, Armenia handed over the Aghdam region which lies to the east of Nagorno-Karabakh, to Azerbaijan. This followed on 25 November by the Kalbajar region to the northwest of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Muslim call to prayer, known as the adhan, was heard Sunday  in the cemetery in Kalbajar district for the first time in 27 years. 

The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan shared a video from Hajikend village of Kalbajar district.

Note, Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars and artillery on Sept. 27.

Azerbaijan responded with a counter-offensive along the entire front. On November 10, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement to end six weeks of fierce fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Under the agreement, Russian peacekeepers were deployed along the front line in Nagorno-Karabakh and the corridor between the region and Armenia.

A total of 1,960 Russian peacekeepers were deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh under a five-year mandate.

Also, according to the agreement, on 20 November, Armenia handed over the Aghdam region which lies to the east of Nagorno-Karabakh, to Azerbaijan. This followed on 25 November by the Kalbajar region to the northwest of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Operational Headquarters under the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers is holding a coronavirus press briefing.

Assistant to the President, Head of the Economic Affairs and Innovative Development Policy Department of the Presidential Administration, Shahmar Movsumov, ABIB department head Yagut Garayeva and Seymur Musayev, Head of the Health Organization Department of the Ministry of Health attend the press briefing.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday received the first dose of Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine at Ankara City Hospital in Turkey’s capital Ankara.

Turkey began administering the shots developed by China’s Sinovac to health workers on Thursday, as it rolls out a nationwide vaccination programme against the disease that has killed more than 23,000 people in the country. It has so far vaccinated more than 200,000 health workers.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca and members of the ministry’s Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board were the first to get shots late Wednesday. In the early hours of Thursday, mass vaccination started for thousands of health care workers across the country.

The country’s Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (TITCK) on Wednesday approved the emergency use of the vaccine. The approval came after a 14-day testing period, which began when the first shipment of the vaccine, containing 3 million doses, arrived in the country on Dec. 30.

Last month, Turkish researchers said CoronaVac showed a 91.25% efficacy based on an interim analysis of 29 cases. A fuller analysis can take place when they reach 40 cases.

The vaccine will be administered by the Health Ministry’s COVID-19 vaccine application units, which will be established in family health centers, as well as in private and university hospitals, according to the Health Services Directorate.

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The Foreign Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov, arrived at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad on Thursday for delegation-level talks. Report informs referring to the Dispatch News Desk (DND).

The Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will lead the Pakistani Side in the delegation-level talks, whereas Jeyhun Bayramov will lead Azerbaijan’s Side.

The talks will focus on Pakistan-Azerbaijan bilateral relations, promoting cooperation in multilateral fields, and adopting a joint strategy on key regional and global issues.

Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Pakistan, Ali Alizada, was also present in the talks.

Following the talks, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Pakistan and Azerbaijan will also be signed in a Ceremony.

Earlier upon his arrival, Shah Mahmood Qureshi warmly welcomed the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov.

The Azerbaijani foreign minister planted a sapling at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Lawn and prayed for the two countries’ prosperity and stability.

Jeyhun Bayramov is in Islamabad on a two-day visit from January 13 to 14, 2021, as the first Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan to embark on a visit to Pakistan since 2010.

Last evening, he participated in the 2nd Pakistan-Turkey-Azerbaijan Trilateral Meeting in Islamabad.