According to  the order  of  the President  of  Azerbaijan  Republic İlham Aliyev,  very important   for  Azerbaijan  history documents are  collected and  brought to Baku .

According to the decision   of  the President of Azerbaijan Republic    English and French copies of the Declaration of Independence  have been presented to ANAS  National  Azerbaijan History Museum.

 In connection with that event, National Azerbaijan History Museum held a ceremony.

Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Republic Ali Asadov during his speech, emphasized  importance of the document  for Azerbaijan history  and  the   Declaration of Independence was adopted   on May 28, 1918.

At the end of the First World War, in 1919 in order to set and  conclude peace treaties and  form a new world’s map   in Paris was held  the Peace Conference.

The mission  of the delegation to the Paris Peace Conference which was headed by  Alimardan  bey Topchubashov  was to achieve   de facto recognition  of young  Azerbaijan Independent State.

Representatives of the Delegation of Azerbaijan attended the  Paris Peace Conference with the  Declaration of Independence,  including a copy of document written in Azerbaijan  with old alphabet  together  with a copy of  document translated in French.  On the day of commemorating the one year anniversary on 28 May, 1919 at the  Peace Conference,  one of the main figure of the conference   Thomas Woodrow Wilson met with representatives of Azerbaijan delegation.

Thanks to the work of the diplomatic mission, on 11 January, 1920 the  Supreme Council  of the  Paris Peace Conference  de facto recognized Azerbaijan as an Independent State.

As a result of occupation of Azerbaijan which led to unfortunate results, Azerbaijan lost its independence and the delegation was not able to return.

94 years after  in accordance with   President’s choice and desire these valuable and  worthy   documents were  presented to the National Azerbaijan History Museum.

Director of museum, academician Nailya Valikhanli  expressed her gratitude to the President of Azerbaijan Republic,  and  emphasized the importance of presented  historical documents  which would be the most valuable documents among  other  displayed  exhibits  for museum’s visitors concerning to Azerbaijan  Democratic Republic.

At the same time, academician Nailya Valikhanli expressed her gratitude to the President of Azerbaijan Republic Ilham  Aliyev for the paid attention and great care towards museums. Afterwards, she highlighted that the restoration of  museum building  had been realized   according to the decree of the President of Azerbaijan Republic.