Baku, February 20 (AZERTAC). Azerbaijan`s Diaspora organizations abroad will organize a series of events to mark the 18th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide.

Under a plan of events approved by the State Committee for Work with Diaspora, conferences, “roundtable” meetings, exhibitions and rallies are planned to be organized to honor the memory of the genocide victims.

France. A special radio program featuring the Khojaly tragedy will be broadcast in Strasbourg. On February 25-26, conferences on Azerbaijan`s Diaspora policy and France-Azerbaijan relationship will be organized by Strasbourg Azerbaijan House.

In addition, more than 6 thousand information on the genocide will be emailed to some international organizations and parliaments of several countries.

Union of Azerbaijanis in France and French-Azerbaijani Youth Association with support of Irali Public Union will stage a protest rally in Paris.

UK. As part of the Justice for Khojaly campaign, the European Azerbaijan Society will organize a signature-gathering on February 24.

Azerbaijan`s embassy will organize a meeting in the UK parliament with the participation of members of the Chamber of Lords.

The event will be addressed by American journalist Thomas Goltz who is the author of the “Azerbaijan Diary” book.

The same day, members of the Azerbaijani community will stage a protest rally in front of the parliament.

The Netherlands. As part of the Justice for Khojaly campaign, the Benelux Azerbaijanis Congress and “Ana Vatan” (Motherland) - Union of Azerbaijani Women will co-organize a conference on the 18th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide in Amsterdam Open University.

The event will be attended by Azerbaijani and Turkish students and the University`s teaching staff.

Belgium-Azerbaijan Friendship Society together with Azerbaijan`s embassy will stage a protest rally in Brussels in front of the building of the embassy of Armenia.

Rallies to protest the Khojaly genocide will be held in Sweden, as well.

In addition, Azerbaijan-Sweden Federation will distribute booklet featuring the Khojaly genocide among the locals.

An event to commemorate the victims of the Khojaly tragedy will be held in Denmark bringing together members of the Azerbaijani community and journalists.

Azeri-Czech Society together with the Embassy will co-organize in Czechia an event to mark the Khojaly genocide`s anniversary.

The event participants will see a documentary on the tragedy.

Commemorative events to mark the 18th anniversary of the genocide will be held also in Canada, Island, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Moldova, Estonia, Hungary and Romania.

A series of events to honor the memory of the genocide victims will be co-organized in the United States by the Azerbaijani-American Council, Azerbaijan Association of New York and Houston-Baku Sister City Association.

Events to commemorate the anniversary of the Khojaly tragedy will be held in Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Russia, Ukraine Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Belarus.