Azerbaijani Embassy commemorates Khojaly massacre

The Azerbaijani Embassy in Turkey is holding a commemorative ceremony today to mark the anniversary of the killing of hundreds of Azerbaijani civilians by Armenian forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh war in the early 1990s.
The theme of the commemorative events will be, “Where speech ends.”

“The Khojaly massacre constitutes one of the most tragic chapters in our history. It was an atrocity against unarmed civilians committed at the end of the 20th century and open murder,” a statement from the Azerbaijani Embassy said.

Hundreds of Azerbaijani civilians from the town of Khojaly were killed on Feb. 25, 1992, during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. According to Azerbaijani officials, as well as human rights groups and other international observers, the massacre was committed by ethnic Armenian armed forces, reportedly with help of the Russian army. The official death toll provided by Azerbaijani authorities is 613 civilians, including 106 women and 83 children.

The commemorative activities will be jointly sponsored by the Azerbaijani Embassy, the Haydar Aliyev Foundation and Ankara’s Gazi University. They will be held at Gazi University facilities.

Source: Today’s Zaman
www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=167958

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