DAYS OF SORROW
Khojaly genocide victims remembered in Bucharest
Bucharest, March 2 (AZERTAC). A conference “Conflicts in the South Caucasus and their results: Khojaly is tragedy of one night” was at the Hyperion University in the Romanian capital of Bucharest.
Supported by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the event was attended by the university`s staff and students, representatives of Bucharest Writers` Union, researchers of the Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Center, employees of Azerbaijan`s Embassy in Romania, members of the Azerbaijan-Romania Youth and Culture Association and Romania-Azerbaijan Friendship Society, Azerbaijanis living and studying in Romania, and members of the Turkish and Tatar communities.
The event was opened by dean of the University Ion Marin. He said such events were important in terms of educating the world community about the truths on the conflicts taking place around the world.
Director of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation’s Romania office Igbal Hajiyev briefed the event participants on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He provided an insight into the causes of the genocide committed against the people of Azerbaijan, crafty policy of Armenians and their masterminds.
Hajiyev dwelled upon Khojaly genocide. He underlined that President Ilham Aliyev was successfully continuing the political course of national leader Heydar Aliyev to raise the world community`s awareness about the truths on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, particularly Khojaly tragedy. He lingered around the Justice for Khojaly awareness-raising campaign launched by Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva.
Representative of the Center for Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Lavinia Kristiana Lupu told of the causes, grave consequences of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. She said Khojaly massacre left hundreds of civilians dead, calling it “a crime against humanity”. She noted incumbent Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was personally engaged in the Khojaly massacre.
Also speaking at the ceremony were chairperson of Bucharest Writers` Union Horia Girbea, and representative of the Azerbaijani Embassy Tehran Shukurov
The event participants watched a short film on Khojaly genocide, and received brochures and books on the massacre.