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By Rashid Shirinov

Azerbaijan’s Parliament approved establishing a special medial in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Policy and State Building Ali Huseynli, addressing the parliamentary session on June 30, highlighted the importance of the medal. He noted that the medal will display the attributes of the Azerbaijani statehood and national attributes.

Under the approved document, the title “The 100th jubilee (1918-2018) medal of the Azerbaijani Army” will be added to Article 2 of the Law on establishment of orders and medals.

Military servicemen, both in active and demobilized, can be granted the medal at the nomination of a relevant executive body.

Azerbaijani Armed Forces will celebrate its 100th anniversary next year. The history of the modern Azerbaijani army dates back to June 26, 1918. On this day, the national army of the first Democratic Republic in the Muslim East ­– Azerbaijan Democratic Republic – was established.

Today, the Azerbaijani Army is one of the strongest, highly-disciplined armies in the world and the leading one in the region. The Armed Forces of Azerbaijan consist of Air Force and Air Defense Forces, the Navy, and the Land Forces.

Azerbaijani Army stands at the 59th place in the world ranking on military strength compiled by a U.S.-based Global Firepower survey center. The national army is equipped with new high-quality weapons.

The army building process is of particular importance for Azerbaijan, as twenty percent of the country's territory is under Armenian occupation and the country is in a state of war with Armenia.

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Rashid Shirinov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @RashidShirinov

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