Italian media outlets cover 20 January events
Rome, January 22 (AZERTAC). Italia’s several news agencies have posted articles on their websites covering the 24th anniversary of the 20 January tragedy.
Articles say the large contingent of the Soviet Army, commandos and interior troops entered Baku committing special cruelty and unprecedented murderous deeds. Hundreds of innocent people were killed and wounded as a result of the massive terror, the massacre of peaceful population stood up for national liberation and territorial integrity of its country. This once again demonstrated to the whole world the criminal nature of the totalitarian Soviet regime on the threshold of its collapse.
“The crime against the Azerbaijani people was committed by the leaders of CPSU, Soviet state and personally Mikhail Gorbachev. At that time, Azerbaijan was subjected to aggression from neighboring Armenia. Armenia violated the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, which was resulted the occupation of the Azerbaijan territory, and tried to unite Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia. And Moscow was supporting Armenians’ demands on this issue.”
Articles note that the people of Azerbaijan commemorate the Black January and pay tribute to the memory of the victims of this tragedy. Azerbaijanis living in various countries organize conferences, seminars and roundtables to mark the anniversary of the tragedy.
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