Peace forged from strength: Azerbaijan’s journey from war to sovereignty

This year—the “Year of the Constitution and Sovereignty”—will remain in Azerbaijani history and in the memory of the Azerbaijani people as a time marked by magnificent diplomatic victories, historic moments, and unprecedented events. For more than 30 years, the peace and security we longed for in the South Caucasus and our efforts to restore our country’s territorial integrity and sovereignty culminated after the Second Garabagh Patriotic War that began in 2020. On October 15, 2023, the raising of the beloved tricolor Azerbaijani Flag in Khankendi, the shining of the State Emblem within our constitutional borders like the sun, and finally, the agreement reached on August 8, 2025, in Washington on a peace accord with Armenia crowned these efforts.