Igdir commemorates Khojaly genocide victims
Baku, February 28 (AZERTAC). A commemorative meeting to mark the 19th anniversary of the Khojaly massacre was held in Turkish City of Igdir.
Speakers of the event highlighted legal and political aspects of the Khojaly tragedy. They also underlined the necessity to educate world community about the massacre and that the Turkish nation would never forget the crimes committed by Armenians against civilians.
The speakers expressed regret over a double-standard approach to Armenians` crimes, saying the international community is turning a blind eye on the issue.
The Khojaly Massacre was the killing of hundreds of ethnic Azerbaijani civilians from the town of Khojaly on 25-26 February 1992 by the Armenian and Russian armed forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. According to the Azerbaijani side, as well as Memorial Human Rights Center, Human Rights Watch and other international observers, the massacre was committed by the ethnic Armenian armed forces, reportedly with help of the Russian 366th Motor Rifle Regiment, apparently not acting on orders from the command. The official death toll provided by Azerbaijani authorities is 613 civilians, including 106 women and 83 children. The event became the largest massacre in the course of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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