DAYS OF SORROW
January 20 victims remembered in Moscow
Moscow, January 21 (AZERTAC). The Azerbaijani Embassy in the Russian Federation has organized a commemorative event on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of the Black January tragedy.
The event participants laid flowers at a bas-relief of national leader Heydar Aliyev and a stand reflecting the list of innocent victims of the 20 January tragedy at the embassy.
Ambassador Polad Bulbuloglu said that this day was a day of remembrance of the Azerbaijani martyrs who died in the Black January night.
The diplomat pointed out that the day after the tragedy national leader Heydar Aliyev came to permanent representation of Azerbaijan in Moscow, and held a press conference overtly condemning the Soviet leadership`s actions against the Azerbaijani people.
The participants watched a documentary and viewed a photo exhibition on the Black January.