Chair of Canada-Azerbaijan Interparliamentary Friendship Group makes statement on Azerbaijan`s Republic Day
Chair of the Canada-Azerbaijan Interparliamentary Friendship Group Barry Devolin has made a statement on the occasion of the Republic Day of Azerbaijan at a session of the Parliament of Canada SIA reports.
"It was 96 years ago today that the
"Among the most important accomplishments of that first republic was granting suffrage to women in 1919, making
Mr. Devolin said: "Alas, this independent Azerbaijani state did not last long. Less than two years later, the Soviet Red Army rolled into Baku and a free and democratic Republic of Azerbaijan was no more".
"This story does, however, ultimately have a happy ending. Shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the
"As chair of the Canada-Azerbaijan Interparliamentary Friendship Group, I congratulate the Azeri people on this special day and wish the
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