Azerbaijan Celebrates State Flag Day with International Support
Azerbaijan observes State Flag Day with commemorations from First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva and congratulatory messages from Turkey.
Azerbaijan observed State Flag Day on November 9, marking the anniversary of the national flag's adoption by the government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on November 9, 1918. First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva commemorated the occasion through a post on her official Instagram page.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey joined the celebrations by issuing congratulatory messages to the Azerbaijani people via social media, referring to them as "brothers and sisters."
State Flag Day was formally established by a decree signed by President Ilham Aliyev on November 17, 2009, to institutionalize the national observance of the flag.
