Turkish MP to address parliament in connection with January 20 tragedy


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency ) Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 17

By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:

Head of the Turkey-Azerbaijan Interparliamentary Friendship Group Necdet Unuvar will address the Great National Assembly of Turkey in connection with the January 20 tragedy.

'The January 20 tragedy will never be forgotten and people will always remember its victims,' Unuvar told Trend Jan. 17.

On the night of January 19-20, 1990, 137 people were killed, 744 were injured and 841 were illegally arrested after Soviet troops entered Baku.

The Soviet troops also destroyed 200 apartments and houses, 80 cars, including ambulances, and a large number of private and public property.

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