President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on conferring the "Azerbaijani Flag" Order upon employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Under the order, Ilgar Balakishiyev – police colonel and Samad Abbasov – police colonel-lieutenant, who showed loyalty to police oath and courageously and heroically died while preventing an attempt to brutally disrupt public order in the city of Ganja on July 10, 2018, are posthumously awarded the "Azerbaijani Flag" Order.