I congratulate you on the occasion of being awarded the title of “Honorary physical education and sportsman” in connection with the 50th anniversary of the Azerbaijan Judo Federation, the next high award given to your activities for the sake of Azerbaijani sports.

During your brilliant sports career, you have achieved great results on the tatami. You are multiple winners of European championships, and a silver and bronze winner of prestigious competitions such as the World Cup, “Grand Slam” and “World Master” tournaments. However, the pinnacle of your sports achievements is, without a doubt, your victory, which brought great joy to our people by winning a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics and becoming an Olympic champion.

All your achievements, high titles, and awards are the logical result of your hard work and love for judo. Undoubtedly, these have had a great impact on the popularization of judo in our country and have already helped you to continue your activity as a sportsman.

Today’s Order of Honorable President Ilham Aliyev is an expression of the value given to your services as the vice-president of the Azerbaijan Judo Federation for the sake of further strengthening the image of our homeland as a sports country.

Sincerely,
Azer Asgarov

September 27 is a special day for our people. Today, we remember with deep respect our soldiers and officers who fought heroically in the Patriotic War, waved the Azerbaijani flag on our lands freed from occupation, sacrificed their lives for the territorial integrity of our country, and all our martyrs.
They are the heroes who gave us Victory and Pride!

Still, we have sons who honorably fulfilled their duty to the Motherland and became martyrs.
The Azerbaijani Army fulfills its duty well, and today our soldiers stand guard at the borders of our Motherland. Unfortunately, the enemy is still in a revanchist mood and is creating tension on the border.
As the Honorable President, Supreme Commander-in-Chief Mr. Ilham Aliyev said: “… No one and nothing can stop us. We have protected and are protecting the rights, justice, and international law, and restored our territorial integrity… We have shown the world what we are against we showed, we liberated our lands by military means…

“The martyrs live and will live forever in our hearts… They wrote their names forever in the glorious history of the Azerbaijani people.”

May God have mercy on all our martyrs!

Azer Askerov

We created “Judo Club 2012” 10 years ago, inspired by the state’s care for sports and athletes in Azerbaijan. We set a goal to serve the development and popularization of judo sport in our country, as well as to gather veteran athletes together.

Honorable President Ilham Aliyev also participated in the opening ceremony of the club. With the blessing of the head of our state, each of us – both those responsible for the club’s activities and those who work here – have taken it upon ourselves to persevere in order to achieve the goal set on our path.
Our successes increased year by year, our collection of medals and awards was enriched, and most importantly, we brought new names and promising young athletes to Azerbaijani judo. At the same time, the club literally became a hotbed for our master judokas. They prepared for the world and European championships here and returned from those prestigious competitions with victories and medals.
The club’s students were included in the national teams of different age categories, and in international competitions, they deservedly protected the sports honor of Azerbaijan, managed to raise our flag, and sing our national anthem.

In “Judo Club 2012”, hundreds of children and teenagers learn the secrets of judo and other sports under the guidance of experienced coaches and try to reach spiritual and physical perfection.
On this significant day, I sincerely congratulate those who contributed to the activities of “Judo Club 2012”, including coaches and athletes, and all the technical staff, and wish them good health and success in sports and life!

Let’s celebrate several decades together, with joy and victories!

Azer Asgarov

P.S: Detailed information about the activities of our club on the website Judoclub2012.az

I think lately most of my statuses are dedicated to sports events. And I’m very happy with that…

The 5th Islamic Solidarity Games, which ended in Konya, Turkey, became the next glorious page of Azerbaijani sports. Our athletes won 99 medals in competitions of various types and took 4th place among 56 countries.

The participation of Honorable President Ilham Aliyev and First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva at the opening ceremony of the Islamic Solidarity Games and their sincere meetings with our athletes became a strong incentive for the victories won.

The Azerbaijani team won medals in 19 sports. I am especially pleased that our judokas are among the high achievers. They finished the competition with 2 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze medals. The most interesting and useful thing is that the Azerbaijan Judo Federation gave the promising youth of our judo in Konya an opportunity to test their strength, and they duly justified the trust.

I congratulate all our athletes who participated in Islamic Solidarity Games and succeeded! They once again proved that Azerbaijan is a sports country with their perseverance!

I wish our athletes new victories in the upcoming competitions!

Azer Askerov

Pleasant questions are coming from our athletes again, our flag is being raised in prestigious international competitions, and our anthem is being played.

In the mixed team competition at the XVI Summer Olympic Festival of European Youth held in Banska Bistritsa, Slovakia, it is a very happy event that the Azerbaijani judo team defeated the strong teams of France in the semi-finals and the strong teams of Ukraine in the final and won a gold medal, as well as 1 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals in individual competitions.

This once again confirms that the state’s care for the development of sports in our country, as well as the reforms carried out in the Azerbaijan Judo Federation, ensured the consistent nature of achievements in judo.

In other types of sports, there are also successful results that make us happy: medals won at the U-17 World Wrestling Championship in Rome, the capital of Italy, the world championship among junior taekwondo players in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, the third place of the Azerbaijani U-18 team at the European Championship of young basketball players in San Marino. The victories of “Karabakh” and “Neftchi” furball teams in European-level competitions… These increase the fame of Azerbaijan as a sports country and show the high spirit of struggle and victory of our people.

I congratulate my athletes who gave us the joy of victory, I wish them new successes and achievements!

Azer Askerov

Our judokas have pleased us with their achievements in prestigious continental competitions in recent days. Our teenage boys won 2 gold and 4 bronze medals in individual competitions at the European Championship held in Poreč, Croatia, and took first place in terms of number and number of medals. 4 of our judoka girls participated in that championship and returned home with 1 gold and 1 silver medal. In the city of Poreč, our junior judokas participated in the team competition of the European championship and were awarded the bronze medal of the championship in this category.

Our athletes, who performed at the European Judo Cup among young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina, returned with 1 gold and 1 silver medal.

Our national judo team was the first in the open European tournament held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Our athletes won 3 gold and 3 bronze medals in the competition. Murad Fatiyev, a student of “Judo club 2012”, is one of the owners of the gold medal. Taking first place among 33 countries at the Open European tournament is a great achievement.

I heartily congratulate our athletes who brought honor to our country with their victories, their coaches, as well as the leadership of the Azerbaijan Judo Federation!

May you have many victories and successes!

Azer Askerov

The Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan are the guarantor of the independence of our country and the well-being of our people.

The victory of the Azerbaijani Army in the 44-day Patriotic War in 2020 under the leadership of President Ilham Aliyev, the victorious Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, demonstrated to the world the strength and power of the Azerbaijani Army.

Our heroic soldiers, ensigns and officers showed unparalleled courage in the battles for the liberation of our land from occupation.
I bow to the soul of each of our martyred servicemen and wish healing to our veterans!
It is our civic duty to support and care for the families of martyrs and war veterans.
Congratulations to all our servicemen on the occasion of June 26 – Armed Forces Day, I wish them a healthy life and courageous service!
It is a pleasure to be a representative of the people whose glorious army was able to liberate their land from Armenian occupation decades later!
Long live the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan!

Azer Asgarov