A portal honoring Azerbaijani national heroes was presented today.
“Creating this portal is important so our compatriots living in Azerbaijan and abroad will be able to receive detailed information about Azerbaijani national heroes,” Milli Majlis MP Ganira Pashayeva said at a presentation of the www.milligahraman.az portal at the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences (ANAS).
According to Pashayeva, the portal will also present detailed information about the occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh.
“I especially thank the academy’s IT Institute and its Director Rasim Aliguliyev who supported my initiative and made special efforts to create the portal,” the MP said.
She added that the information on the portal will be updated constantly.
“The struggle waged by Azerbaijan for the return of its occupied territories will always be reflected on the portal. If we are going to popularize our national heroes at a high level, show them to our people, and especially our youths, then every one of us must choose a hero and follow his example,” Pashayeva said.
According to the official, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev works hard to support the families of national heroes.
“Azerbaijani First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva also supports the implementation of large projects to introduce national heroes to future generations. But we must all think about this question,” she said.
“Bringing information about our national heroes both to the local and world communities is evidence of the patriotism,” MP Havva Mammadova said during a speech at the event.
Mammadova added that that preparing an English version of the portal is important to inform the world about Azerbaijani national heroes.
“Because today our Web sites are read by our enemies and friendly countries,” the MP said.
“Alongside information about 210 national heroes, materials reflecting the Khojaly genocide will also be posted on the portal,” Aliguliyev said in his speech at the event.
He said after several days the portal will fully function and it will be possible to get information through it also in English. “The portal will contain information relating not only to 210 national heroes. Visitor of this portal will be able to get information about 4459 of our captured citizens, on over 44,000 people who have lost their health as a result of the war, and o 22,000 our dead compatriots”- Aliguliyev said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a cease-fire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the United States – are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council’s four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the occupied territories.
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