20 January massacre victims remembered in Libya
Baku, January 21 (AZERTAC). The Azerbaijani Embassy to Libya has held a commemorative ceremony on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of the 20 January tragedy.
Speaking to the event, Ambassador Agasalim Shukurov told of the causes and perpetrators of the Black January massacre. He noted that the event is a heroism page in the history of Azerbaijan and has become the symbol of the people`s strong will. He hailed national leader Heydar Aliyev`s initiative to give a political and legal assessment of the tragedy.
Shukurov pointed out that this policy is today successfully continued by President Ilham Aliyev.
He said Azerbaijan is developing in all fields with its international positions strengthening. The ambassador provided an insight into the efforts of the Azerbaijani leadership to peacefully solve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The press-releases of the embassy were sent to the Libyan General National Congress, Foreign Ministry and International Cooperation Ministry. The press-releases along with the Arabic version of the IRS magazine were also sent to the diplomatic missions, Libyan and Tadamun news agencies, Tripoli Center for Strategic Studies and Libya Archive and Center for Libyan Archives and Historical Studies, cultural centers of Egypt, Tunis and Palestine.
Libyan leading media outlets provided coverage of the 20 January tragedy ceremonies. Libyan citizen Zeid Hamza made a telephone call to Hamzah Bufaris, former minister for Endowments and Religious affairs in the Libya Transition Government, to brief him on the Black January tragedy during the Islam and Life religious program on local Al-Wataniyya channel.
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