The State Flag Day of Azerbaijan () is a national holiday in

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that is celebrated annually on 9 November. State Flag Day was established in 2009 by order of President

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to commemorate the anniversary of adoption of "The Tricolour Flag" () as the flag of the

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in 1918. It has been celebrated as a non-working public holiday ever since.

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*In 2010, a ceremony was held on National Flag Square in Baku for the holiday. *2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the Azeri flag. In Binəqədi raion, the Youth and Sports Department jointly organized an event entitled "The Eternal Pin of Independence". The Youth Union of the

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City Branch of the New Azerbaijan Party organized a march "One flag for everyone" on the occasion. *In 2019, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu commemorated the day with a joint video with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in which he said that "The freedom, future and prosperity f Turkey and Azerbaijanare connected to one another". At the same time, 9 November was declared to be Azerbaijani State Flag Day in the US state of

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. *On the holiday in 2020, the Ukrainian Honorary Consulate was opened in the city of

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and was also illuminated the colors of the Azerbaijani flag.

2020 war celebrations

The 2020 celebrations of the holiday were held in connection with the Azerbaijani victory in the Battle of Shusha, in which the

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recaptured of the city of

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during the

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. Azerbaijani ambassador to Pakistan Ali Alizadaon tweeted a picture of the flags of Azerbaijan,

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and

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, saying that National Flag Day was "incomplete" without the flags of those two countries, as a sign of respect for the involvement of those two countries in the war. Since 2020, the day before State Flag Day has been commemorated as

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2020 war celebrations

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