Roundtable meeting on Azerbaijanis Genocide held in Moscow
Moscow, April 2 (AZERTAC). A roundtable meeting on the subject “The Azerbaijanis Genocide, March 31, 1918: historical and legal aspects” took place in Moscow.
The event was organized by Azerbaijani Youth Organization of Russia (AYOR) and Azerbaijani Club of the Russian State Humanitarian University.
The honorary Chairman of the Azerbaijani club of Moscow State Institute of International relations, member of the executive committee of AYOR Natig Aliyev welcomed the participants. He said the aim of the roundtable meetings is to analyze the bloody tragic events in Azerbaijan during 1918-20s, reasons of the massacre committed by Armenian nationalists, in particular by the terrorist organization “Dashnaksutun” against Azerbaijani nation.
Natig Aliyev said the national leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev, was the first, who gave the legal appraisal to the tragic events of 1918 and signed an executive order on the Day of Azerbaijanis Genocide, on March 31.
Chairman of the Azerbaijani Club of the Russian State Humanitarian University Aytach Hasanova said representatives of Azerbaijani youth know well their history. Due to the knowledge it will be possible to raise awareness of the world community about history of Azerbaijan, she said.
Participants of the meeting hailed the large-scale activity of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and its Russian office under the leadership Leyla Aliyeva, who has initiated and carried out successful international campaign “Justice for Khojaly” and other actions to inform the world community about Azerbaijani realities.