Azerbaijan commemorates soldiers killed in recent Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
By AFP
13 December 2020 |
9:14 am
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev mourns at Eternal Flame monument during memorial day for soldiers killed in Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Meanwhile, police officers block roads in the centre of Azerbaijan's capital of Baku while passers-by stop to pay their respects to people killed during the conflict.
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