Italian news portal posts article on Khojaly genocide
Roma, March 3 (AZERTAC). Italy’s “Ragusa oggi” news portal has published an article dedicated to the Khojaly massacre.
Headlined “Khojaly. A bleeding wound in the hearts of Azerbaijanis”, the article described the Khojaly tragedy as a crime against humanity.
The article notes that the Khojaly genocide committed by Armenians is one of the most tragic events in the history of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
During the Khojaly genocide, 613 people whose names were known, including 106 women, 63 children and 70 old people were killed.
The article features an interview of famous journalist, author of "Black Garden" book Thomas de Waal, with the Armenian President Serj Sargsyan who said “"Before Khojali, the Azerbaijanis thought that they were joking with us, they thought that the Armenians were people who could not raise their hand against the civilian population. We were able to break that [stereotype]. And that's what happened.”
The author touches on the activities of the OSCE Minsk Group whose activity to find a peaceful solution to the dispute has not bring any results yet.
It narrated on the international conference on the Khojaly genocide held on February 12 in Rome, which aimed to raise the Italian society`s awareness about the conflict.
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