A nationwide moment of silence to honor the memory of the Patriotic War martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan was observed at 12:00 on December 4 across Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan Customs Academy also commemorated the martyrs with a minute of silence, and showed deep respect and reverence for their souls.

The head of the Academy, Gulu Novruzov, said that Azerbaijan had shown the world that it was able to liberate its occupied lands with its own strength and power. “Under the leadership of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, President Ilham Aliyev, the Azerbaijani Army launched a victory march on September 27 in order to prevent Armenia's repeated provocations and new occupation plans, and to liberate our occupied lands”, - he mentioned. Speaking about the unparalleled heroism shown by the brave officers and soldiers during the liberation of Shusha, Gulu Novruzov said that our glorious Army under the leadership of Supreme Commander-in-Chief honorably fulfilled its noble mission of protecting the motherland.

“May all our martyrs rest in peace and our wounded servicemen heal”, - he ended his speech.

PR Department