"Today, while visiting the free Karabakh, Shusha and Hadrut, if I may say so, I am celebrating my birthday. This morning, as Commander-in-Chief of the victorious Azerbaijani Army, I attended the opening of a new unit of the Commando Brigade in Hadrut," said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev during his visit to Shusha on December 24, APA reports.
"I know and believe that the people of Azerbaijan will also support this choice – I should be with the military today to express my gratitude to them as President and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the victorious Armed Forces of Azerbaijan and set new tasks for them.
Today, we have entered a new phase of army building work in Hadrut, which is a part of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region, in Khojavand district. After that I came to Shusha. This is my seventh visit to Shusha this year. Shusha attracts all of us. True, I have attended various opening ceremonies here in Shusha, the events that once again confirm that Shusha belongs to the Azerbaijani people and Azerbaijani culture. But at the same time, every time an event was planned in Shusha, I came to Shusha with great enthusiasm, with great love and affection. Therefore, I thought that I should celebrate this day here in Shusha, on the Jidir Duzu, which is so dear to each of us," said Azerbaijani President.