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10 years passes from the restoration
of Azerbaijan’s state independence
 October,
18 State Independence Day
On October 18, 1991, the Parliament of Azerbaijan
adopted the Constitutional Act on Independence, later approved by
the referendum on December 30 of the same year, thus was restored
the country’s independence.
Establishment of the independent Republic of Azerbaijan is an important
historical event of our life. It is true that the way to independence
was not easy for us and we have undergone severe tests. As a result
of military conflict and aggression of Armenia
against Azerbaijan, occupation of about 20% of our territory by
Armenian invaders about one million of our citizens were obliged
to leave their native homes and turned into
refugees and displaced people. Sabotage of internal and external
forces against our statehood, disintegration of former economic
relations, social and economic difficulties of the transition period
and other problems made our way to independence more difficult.
The Azerbaijani people struggled for the adoption of the Constitutional
act on independence and achieved to it. This event also happened
at the extraordinary condition executed by the Soviet Union in Azerbaijan.
On January 20 1990, the Soviet Empire
committed a bloody massacre in Baku and other regions of Azerbaijan
in order to destroy the mass democratic movement and freedom struggle
of the Azeri nation.
The restoration of Azerbaijan’s independence has created condition
for the formation of democratic institutions, formalization of political
parties, NGOs, development of liberal market economy in the country,
and flaw of foreign investments to the country.
Now, the Republic of Azerbaijan as an independent country follows
the way of democratic, law governed and secular state construction.
Our society is being formed on the basis of democratic principles
which have already been tested in the world practice and match our
national peculiarities
The first steps on the way to the real independence already are
made but Azerbaijani people must work hard to strengthen it in the
future.
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