Conference on Khojaly genocide held in Vienna
Baku, March 4 (AZERTAC). A conference devoted to the Khojaly genocide was co-organized in Vienna by Azerbaijan`s Embassy in Austria and Austrian Turkish Confederation.
Members of Azerbaijan parliament Rovshan Rzayev and Fuad Muradov spoke at the event, highlighting Armenians` territorial claims and genocidal acts committed by them against Azerbaijanis. They described the Khojaly genocide as the most horrible massacre of the 20th century. The speakers noted on February 26 1992 Armenian armed forces with help of 366 motor-infantry regiment of former USSR committed bloodshed against innocent people of Azerbaijan. They added as a result of the massacre committed in Khojaly 613 innocent civilians including 63 children, 106 women and 70 elderly people were killed and 1275 were taken hostage, while the fate of 150 remains unknown.
The MPs said in the wake of Armenia`s aggressive policy against Azerbaijan 20 percent of territories of the country were occupied and more than one million Azerbaijanis were driven out from their original lands by force. They added official Yerevan does not honor documents adopted by international organizations on withdrawal of Armenian armed forces from the occupied territories.
The speakers also told on the “Justice for Khojaly” campaign initiated by vice-president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva.
The event participants saw a documentary featuring the Khojaly genocide.
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