DAYS OF SORROW
Azerbaijani ambassador speaks of Black January tragedy on Belarus TV channel
Baku, January 16 (AZERTAC). Azerbaijani ambassador to Belarus Isfandiyar Vahabzade has highlighted the history of January 20, 1990 events in Baku as he was a guest of the ONT TV channel.
The ambassador noted the Black January victims had been commemorated not only by Azerbaijani residents, but Azerbaijanis throughout the word.
He said: “20 January 1990 is a day, which went down in history of the struggle for the freedom and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, as a heroism page.
“Leading of the battle divisions of the Soviet army aimed against wide mass who got out in the streets and squares of Baku to protest against aggressive actions of Armenia, which was raising territorial claims to our country, against protection rendered to this country by the government of the former USSR had brought to the unprecedented tragedy in Azerbaijan,” he added.