Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

Today, Second Special Department of the ANAS Presidium has held the next seminar, in which the chiefs of staff of the Civil Defense of scientific institutions and organizations of ANAS took part.

In advance, a minute of silence was honored in memory of the martyrs of the tragedy of January 20.

Speaking at the seminar, department head Eldar Guliyev noted that the President signed the Order “On the thirtieth anniversary of the January 20 tragedy” of December 13, 2019. He brought to the attention that on the night of January 19 to 20, 1990, Soviet troops and special forces were brought into Baku and massacred civilians. As a result of this criminal operation, 146 civilians were killed, 744 people were injured, and 841 people were illegally arrested. He said that this bloody event was aimed at suppressing democracy and the struggle for the national liberation movement of our people.

Noting that the national leader Heydar Aliyev was the first to express his political attitude to the bloody events, E. Guliyev emphasized that on January 21, 1990, the national leader at the regular meeting of the Azerbaijani mission in Moscow severely criticized the people who organized this tragedy.

Then reports were heard and a film dedicated to the tragedy of January 20 was shown.

The event also discussed the results of the preparation of civil defense and mobilization in scientific institutions and organizations of ANAS in 2019, as well as the implementation of the relevant orders of the President of the Academy on organizational issues for 2020. In addition, instructions were given to action plans prepared by the heads of headquarters of scientific institutions and organizations for 2020, as well as to the beginning of the school year.

In conclusion, a number of current issues were addressed.

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