Khojaly genocide - the tragedy of the 20th century

Armenian military forces committed genocide acts in the town of Khojaly, Azerbaijan, with the population of 7,000 people on Feb. 26 1992. There were 3,000 people in the town at the time of Armenian military forces’ attack. Most part of the population had to leave town during four months blockade. 613 people were killed, 1,000 peaceful people of different age became invalid during Khojaly genocide. 106 women, 63 children, 70 old men were killed. 8 families were completely annihilated, 130 children lost one parents, while 25 both of them. 1,275 peace residents were taken hostages, while the fate of 150 of them is still unknown.

These were committed by Armenian military with special mercilessness and inconceivable barbarism. 2nd battalion of 366th regiment under the command of Major Oganyan Seyran Mushegovich, third battalion under the command of Yevgeniy Nabokhin, staff chief of 1st battalion Chitchyan Valeriy and more than 50 officers and ensigns, serving in regiment took part in the attack. (”From the investigation materials concerning Khojaly occupation”). Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press, Khojaly No Comments » February 2010

Fickle Armenian lobby not so powerful

 

News.Az interviews Dr Adil Baguirov, managing director and co-founder of the US Azeris Network (USAN).

What is USAN doing about the United States census in 2010?

The US Azeris Network (USAN), as well as our sister organization the US Turkic Network (USTN), became the first-ever not only Azerbaijani-American, but also Turkic-American organizations to be recognized officially as partners by the US Census Bureau for the 2010 Census. We immediately started raising awareness and promoting this partnership as well as the need to participate in the Census among the Azerbaijani-American and Turkic-American community. We will continue this in the next few months before and after the census starts. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press No Comments » February 2010

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be resolved honoring Azerbaijan’s territorial sovereignty: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be resolved honoring Azerbaijan’s territorial sovereignty, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said.

“There is only one way to solve all these problems. Direct negotiations taking into account international law, including the rights of people to return to their place of residence, and respect for state sovereignty,” Saakashvili said in an interview with Ekho Moskvy radio station.

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Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press No Comments » December 2009

Azerbaijani civilian killed near Karabakh

Armenian forces killed an Azerbaijani civilian near the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani media reported Monday.

ANS television and the Azeri Press Agency said a 41-year-old man was killed on Sunday when separatist forces opened fire on Azerbaijani positions in the Goranboy region on the de facto border with Karabakh.

The Nagorno-Karabakh administration denied its forces had killed a civilian and accused Azerbaijani soldiers of repeatedly firing on its positions over the weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press, Turkish Press No Comments » November 2009

Azerbaijani-Americans Celebrate The 91st Anniversary of the Lineration of Baku by Joint Turkish-Azerbaijani Forces

Today, Azerbaijanis celebrate the 91st anniversary of an important event in the history of independent Azerbaijani statehood - the liberation of the city of Baku to become the capital of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR), the first secular and democratic establishment in the Muslim and Turkic world.

Upon the proclamation of ADR on May 28, 1918, nation’s largest city Baku was under the control of Bolshevik-led Baku Soviet headed by Stepan Shahumyan. For the two preceding months, the forces of Baku Soviet, allied with irregular armed units of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation “Dashnaktsutiun”, carried out mass killings against Azerbaijanis in Baku, Guba, Shamakhy, Lenkeran and other cities of the country. Under the pretext of fighting against the counterrevolutionary insurgency, onMarch 31 - April 3, 1918, Bolsheviks and their Dashnak allies slaughtered over 12,000 (”New Republics in the Caucasus”, The New York Times Current History, v. 11 no. 2, March 1920, p. 492) Azeri civilians in Baku alone. These tragic events are known as the beginning of Azerbaijani Genocide. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press, Internet Sites No Comments » September 2009

Minister: Baku’s permission urgent for Nagorno-Karabakh trip

“Those who trip to Azerbaijan’s lands occupied by Armenia without official notification and permission by Azerbaijani authorities violate Azerbaijan’s legislation,” Today Az. quoted Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov as saying.

Earlier spokesperson of the Lithuanian Ekranas football club Gyadas Sarochka was expelled from Baku because of visa of the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on his passport. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press, Turkish Press No Comments » July 2009

Opinion of sociopolitical figures of Azerbaijan about possible opening of Turkish-Armenian borders

A number of local and Turkish mass medias have recently published articles about the soonest possible opening of state border between Armenia and Turkey.

In this connection, Day.Az has asked for opinion of local deputies and political scientists who spoke of this variant of developments:

MM deputy of ruling party, political scientist Aydin Mirzazade:

- First of all, the very publications on this topic, should be treated as newspaper articles. It means that these might be someone’s thoughts and the attempt to set up the desired for the reality. Or this may be an hoax to influence definite circles of Turkey to take the following steps. As for the very issue of opening of borders, the most difficult thing in politics is to predict. And I do not think I can predict well but if borders really open, I think the Turkish public will react duly in this case. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press No Comments » March 2009

Azerbaijani FM to voice discontent to Slovakia if information about its participation in construction of hydroelectric power station in Nagorno Karabakh is confirmed

“Our structure will continue collecting information about participation of Slovakia in the construction of hydroelectric power station in Nagorno Karabakh”, said official representative of the Azerbaijani FM Elkhan Polukhov, commenting on the statement of the president of Armenian community of Slovakia Ashot Grigoryan who said Slovakia will take part on the construction of two hydroelectric power stations in self-declared Nagorno Karabakh.

The diplomat announced that in case this information is confirmed Azerbaijan will voice its discontent to Slovakia. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press No Comments » March 2009

Third Armenian-Azerbaijani public peacekeeping forum to be held in Vienna

International Alert organization is organizing the third Armenian-Azerbaijani public peacekeeping forum for support of the peaceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict to be held in Vienna on March 24-27.

 The topic of the forum “Security: Challenges and opportunities, and mechanisms to build trust”. The aim of the forum is to create an area of a dialogue between experts and public representatives of all conflict parties on the issues of the peaceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press, International Press No Comments » March 2009

Hijran Huseynova: “Nagorno Karabakh conflict created obstacles for protection of women in Azerbaijan”

Chairwoman of Azerbaijan State Committee for Family, Women and Children’s Issues Hijran Huseynova participated here in the 53rd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

Huseynova made a speech at the event, saying “ensuring gender equality within the society is among key priorities for the Azerbaijani government.” “With this aim the State Committee for Family, Women and Children’s Issues was set up by a decree of President Ilham Aliyev” Huseynova said during her speech. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by admin Posted in: Azerbaijan Press No Comments » March 2009

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