COMMANDER OF AZERI INTERNAL TROOPS: INTERNAL TROOPS STAND READY TO IMPLEMENT ORDERS OF SUPREME COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
March 12 2007
Azerbaijan, Baku / corr. Trend K.Zarbaliyeva / The 15th anniversary of
the creation of the Internal Troops of Azerbaijan Interior Ministry
is marked on 12 March. Due to it, the personnel of the Internal
Troops of Azerbaijan headed by the Commander of the Interior Troops,
General-Lieutenant, Zakir Hasanov, visited the memorial of the
ex-President of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev, in the Avenue of Honorable
Burial and Martyrs’ Avenue.
Hasanov briefed the media that on 12 March 1992 the soldiers of the
Internal Troops participated in the military operations against
the army of Armenia. According to the order of the Azerbaijani
President in 1995, 12 March was announced as Creation Day of the
Internal Troops. Hasanov said that several days ago the President of
Azerbaijan awarded 55 employees of the Internal Troops. He stressed
that the Internal Troops stand ready to implement the orders of the
Supreme Commander-in-Chief.
"The Internal Troops have high-level material and technical base
meeting international standards. International experts who visit
Azerbaijan also testify this fact. The highest appreciation to the
Internal Troops is made by the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.
He highly assesses the military training of the Internal Troops,"
he said.
