The MPs Musa Gasimli and Mashhur Mammadov and the head of the executive authority of the Masalli Province Shahin Mammadov took part in the commemoration of the shahid Rahib Vidadi oglu Azizov in the village of Yolagaj in the Masalli Province. Prayers were said for the souls of our shahids.

Warrant Officer Rahib Azizov had been the commanding officer of the mobile liaison outfit in the N military detachment since 2013. He had taken part in the battles for the settlement of Hadrut and the town of Fuzuli during the Patriotic War started by the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan on 27 September 2020 to free our lands from the Armenian occupation and make the national territory of our country whole again. The scraps of the Armenian troops consisting of a few men attacked our units in the vicinity of Hadrut on 8 September. Warrant Officer Rahib Azizov fell in that battle with the enemy holdovers that were annihilated eventually. The body of Rahib Azizov was interred in the above-said Yolagaj village on 9 December 2020.

Warrant Officer Rahib Azizov was decorated with the medals ‘For the Motherland’, ‘For Liberation of Khojavend’ and ‘For Liberation of Zanghilan’ to the decrees of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev posthumously for the meritorious discharge of the missions assigned to the combat detachment in which he had served.

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MP Musa Gasimli and the head of the provincial executive authority Azer Khamiyev called on the parents of the shahid Jafar Babajafar oglu Jafarli in the village of Avun in the Yardimli Province. MP Gasimli thanked them from all his heart for having raised such an outstanding son and said that the shahids’ patriotism and courage set a sublime example for the future generations to follow.

Jafar Jafarli joined the compulsory military service in 2018 and, upon serving his term, reenlisted and was recruited for the Special Designation Force. He proceeded to take part in the Patriotic War waged for freeing our lands from the Armenian occupation and restoring the territorial integrity of our country. Jafar Jafarli was killed in action during the battles for the Khojavend Province on 3 November 2020.

Jafar Jafarli was decorated with the medals ‘For the Motherland’, ‘For Liberation of Fuzuli’, ‘For Liberation of Jabrayil’ and ‘For Liberation of Shusha’ to the decrees of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev posthumously for the meritorious discharge of the missions assigned to the combat detachment in which he had served.

The Press and Public Relations Department
The Milli Majlis