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By Gunay Hasanova

An event marking the 24th anniversary of the establishment of the New Azerbaijan Party was held in Baku on November 21.

Deputy Chairman and Executive Secretary of the New Azerbaijan Party Ali Ahmadov, addressing the event, stressed that every Azerbaijani citizen realizes the Party’s great role in the history of Azerbaijan and appreciates it:

“The creation of the New Azerbaijan Party is directly connected with national leader Heydar Aliyev’s name and personality. Certainly Heydar Aliyev’s coming to power and leading the state of Azerbaijan, saving Azerbaijan from the disasters of early 1990s, and our modern history is directly linked to the history of the New Azerbaijan Party. The Party has participated in the implementation of Heydar Aliyev's policy,” he said.

Ahmadov further emphasized that today the NAP continues to fulfill its honorable historic mission.

He said that the New Azerbaijan Party has reached a very high public image. "The number of members of the New Azerbaijan Party will reach 700,000 people in a few months.," he noted.

The New Azerbaijan Party was established at the initiative and with active participation of Azerbaijani intellectuals during the period of hardship of the Azerbaijan history, when the country was undergoing serious ordeal.

The conference, which gathered the representatives of all the regions of Azerbaijan, was held November 21, 1992 with national leader Heydar Aliyev presiding at the event. The Constituent Assembly approved the decision on the establishment of the party, the party's program and its statute. Heydar Aliyev was unanimously elected as a chairman of the party.

The New Azerbaijan Party was registered by the Justice Ministry on December 18, 1992 and opened its regional branches and cells in all the regions of Azerbaijan within a short period of time.

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