Border Guard Day in Azerbaijan
Border Guard Day in Azerbaijan is held on August 18. This event in the second decade of the month August is annual. 
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The State Border Service of Azerbaijan Republic of Azerbaijan, is a governmental law enforcement agency in charge of protecting the borders of Azerbaijan. Other law enforcement bodies in Azerbaijan include the Internal Troops of Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijani National Guard.
The State Border Service of Azerbaijan was established on July 31, 2002 by decree of the President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev, by the removal of the border troops from jurisdiction of the Ministry of National Security. Every year since 2000, 18 August has been celebrated as the Day of the Border Guard, commemorating the parliament on 18 August 1918 signing a decree "On the protection of the state border of the Republic of Azerbaijan" and a law "On the establishment of border customs protection in the Republic of Azerbaijan."
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