Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
May 25 2007
President of Azerbaijan Officially Inaugurates a monument to
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Azerbaijan, Baku / corr. Trend P.Amirjanov / On 25 May the President
of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, officially inaugurated a monument to the
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic – the first democratic and secular
republic in the Islamic world – on the Istiglaliyyat Street in Baku.
The ADR was founded on 28 May 1918 by Azerbaijani National Council.
The Republic officially ceased to exist on 28 April 1920 after the
Russian 11th Red Army entered Baku. Since then the Azerbaijani people
have celebrated May 28 as their most loved holiday, called the
Republic Day.
The President said that Azerbaijan regained its independence in 1993.
After Heydar Aliyev came to the position in 1993, Azerbaijan entered
the stage of development.
The State Head voiced his hope that Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be
resolved in accordance with the international law. There is an
opposite way – military way. President Aliyev unveiled the granite
monument, and then had his photo taken with scientists and members of
the public who were in attendance at the inauguration ceremony.