ANNIVERSARY OF KHOJALY GENOCIDE MARKED AT INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES
A ceremony devoted to the 16th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide was held on February 18 at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences.
The Institute is a governmental organization under the president of Indonesia.
Ibrahim Hajiyev, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Indonesia informed the ceremony attendees on Armenia’s occupying 20 percent of Azerbaijani territories and driving more than one million people out of their native lands. He particularly underlined efforts of Azerbaijan leadership to resolve the conflict peacefully and Armenia’s destructive position in this question.
The Ambassador briefed on Khojaly genocide committed by Armenians, saying that it was one of the gravest crimes committed against humanity.
He also noted that memory of the innocent people - victims of savagery of the Armenian nationalists - has been commemorated annually in Azerbaijan and other countries.
Ibrahim Hajiyev also informed the attendees on Azerbaijan’s successes in the direction of integration towards world community, achievements gained under President Ilham Aliyev`s leadership, democratic processes, and economic development in Azerbaijan, as well as Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil and Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipelines, the county’s leading role in the West-East and North-South transport corridors and its growing influence in the region and the world wholly.
He answered the questions of reporters about Azerbaijan.
The attendees of the ceremony were distributed the book titled “Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict”, published in Azerbaijani and Indonesian languages, as well as documentary film dealing with the conflict that has been released on DVD and other materials about Azerbaijan.
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