(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 24. A commemorative
event dedicated to the 31st anniversary of the Khojaly genocide was
organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Trend
reports via the ministry.
The event was attended by the leadership and employees of the
MFA, heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Azerbaijan, and
media representatives.
The participants discussed the events that preceded the Khojaly
genocide, its consequences and got acquainted with the exhibition
stands.
Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov noted that 31 years ago, the
Armenian armed forces, with the support of the 366th motorized
rifle regiment of the former USSR, entered the city of Khojaly,
killing hundreds of Azerbaijani civilians, including women,
children and the elderly. Having honored the memory of the victims
of the Khojaly genocide, the minister said that the Khojaly
genocide, which is imprinted in the national memory of our people,
is not forgotten.
The active work of the Azerbaijani Government, the 'Justice for
Khojaly' international educational campaign, civil society and the
diaspora to bring the truth about the Khojaly genocide to the world
community was noted.
Minister Bayramov said that the atrocities committed during the
military aggression of Armenia against Azerbaijan, the war crimes
against the civilian population of the Azerbaijani cities of Ganja,
Barda, Terter during the Second Karabakh War are based on Armenia's
policy of ethnic hatred and racial discrimination against
Azerbaijanis. The minister said that despite the military-political
provocations committed by Armenia, which impede the process of
peace and normalization in the post-conflict period, as well as
steps aimed at manipulating the international community, Azerbaijan
is determined to promote a peaceful agenda aimed at establishing
peace and security in the region.
Then the performance of the Azerbaijan State Pantomime Theater
dedicated to the Khojaly genocide was presented under the title
'Khojaly - it was.'
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