INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC ILHAM HEYDAR OGLU ALIYEV HELD

Baku, 24 0ctober ,(AzerTAj)A ceremony of inauguration of Ilham Aliyev re-elected as
the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan took place at the Heydar Aliyev Palace
on October 24.
State and government officials, heads of committees and companies, members of the
Milli Majlis, representatives of political parties, public organizations and general
public, and foreign ambassadors gathered for the lavish and colorful ceremony.
Also attending the ceremony were Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, Turkish
Deputy Premier, State Minister Cemil Cicek, Head of the Administration of the
President of Russia Sergey Naryshkin and Chairman and Executive Secretary of CIS
Executive Committee Sergey Lebedev.
The inauguration ceremony of Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev elected as the President of
Azerbaijan Republic in the nationwide vote was announced open.
Soldiers of the Armed Forces brought the national flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan
and the standard of the Azerbaijani President onto the stage.
Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Azerbaijan Republic Farhad Abdullayev
and judges of the Constitutional Court were invited onto the stage.
President of the Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev was greeted with a long round of
stormy applause from the audience.
Under the Article 103 of the Constitution of the Azerbaijan Republic, Chairman of
the Constitutional Court Farhad Abdullayev invited re-elected President of the
Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev for swearing in the presence of the judges of the
Constitutional Court.
President of the Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev put his hand on the Constitution
of the Republic of Azerbaijan and swore.
Then, the President swore putting his hand on the Holy Quran.
The national anthem of the Azerbaijan Republic was performed.
President of the Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev made a large inaugural speech at
the ceremony.
Azerbaijan`s national flag and the standard of the President of the Azerbaijan
Republic were taken out of the stage.
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