Sattar Mohbaliyev: "President's visit to Shusha will accelerate the revival of our cradle of culture"
19 Mar 2021
“Shusha is the cradle of Azerbaijan's national culture and art. The occupation of this city was an attack on our cultural heritage.
The
glorious Azerbaijani army under the leadership of the Supreme
Commander-in-Chief, Mr. Ilham Aliyev, not only returned Shusha to us by ending
this occupation. With this historic victory, our victorious Army also regained
our morale and national pride. ” The statement came from MP, chairman of the
Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation Sattar Mohbaliyev. The MP said that each
visit of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to the liberated territories
accelerates the revival of these lands: “The visits of President Ilham Aliyev
to the liberated territories continue. Each of these visits has a deep meaning
and significance.
As we
know, intensive restoration and construction work is being carried out in these
areas today. New roads are being built, historical and cultural monuments are
being restored, infrastructure is being created. The President's visits to the
region also show that these issues are in the center of special attention. As
already reported, on March 15, President Ilham Aliyev, First Lady Mehriban
Aliyeva and their daughters Leyla Aliyeva visited Fizuli and Khojavend
districts. During the visit, President Ilham Aliyev laid the foundation of the
Fizuli-Hadrut highway. It should be noted that it has become a tradition for
the head of state to lay the foundation of an important project during each
subsequent visit to the liberated territories. However, this tradition is not
just symbolic. This attention of the President of Azerbaijan further increases
the intensity of the work carried out, accelerates the revival of the liberated
lands. Of course, the reintegration of these areas into the country's overall
economy, the opportunities created by new international and regional transport
and logistics corridors will give a great impetus to the development of
Azerbaijan in general. Azerbaijan will become a stronger, more powerful state.
"
Touching
upon the political aspects of the President's regular visits to Karabakh,
Sattar Mohbaliyev said: “It is no secret that some forces in Armenia today are
chanting revanchist slogans. Of course, this trend will not benefit the
Armenian people. The Armenian state, on the other hand, can only threaten its
own existence by acting unconstructively. However, the President of Azerbaijan
spares no effort not only in our country, but in general to maintain peace and
stability in the region. From this point of view, the visits of the head of
state to the liberated territories are of great importance. In fact, these
visits are also a serious warning. The whole world should know that the real
owners of Karabakh and other territories occupied for 30 years have returned.
And this great return is eternal, and no force can try to change this reality.
"
Emphasizing
that the next visit of the President to Shusha is an important event not only
for the city, but also for Azerbaijani culture in general, the MP said: “As
reported, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, First Lady
Mehriban Aliyeva and daughters Leyla Aliyeva March 16. visited the city of
Shusha. This is the second visit of the head of state to Shusha after the
occupation. As you know, the President of Azerbaijan visited Shusha with his
family on January 14. I would like to emphasize once again that the visits of
the President to Shusha, as well as the visits of our President to our
liberated regions and cities, are another embodiment of the endless love and
devotion to the people in the heart of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. The
Armenian invaders, who occupied the territories of Azerbaijan for thirty years,
were engaged in spreading false information to the whole world that Karabakh,
including Shusha, was Armenian lands. However, as our President noted in his
speeches, they did not lay a single stone on these lands during all this time.
On the contrary, the houses, museums, mosques, historical and cultural
monuments built by our people in these lands for many years have been
destroyed, devastated and looted by Armenians. Because the Armenians knew
better than anyone that these places did not belong to them and that they would
be expelled from them sooner or later.
Today,
the real owners of these lands are building roads, building, constructing,
creating, implementing projects, and working to ensure a prosperous future for
people in those areas.
