POLITICS
YAP HOLDS ROUNDTABLE ON 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF AZERBAIJANIS` DEPORTATION FROM ARMENIA
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Azerbaijanis` deportation from Armenia in 1988, the New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) held a roundtable on “Our historical tragedy: latest deportation” at the Ataturk Center on Thursday with MPs, famous scientists, historians and politicians in attendance.
Speaking to the event, Vice-chairman and executive secretary of the Party Ali Ahmadov told about tragedies Azerbaijanis faced during various periods of time. He said one of these tragedies includes forcible and mass deportation of Azerbaijanis from their historical and native lands as a result of Armenians` ethnic cleansing policy.
“Throughout the history, Armenia, which is known as an invader and aggressor in the world, has always showed intolerance and carried out a hostile policy against not only Azerbaijanis but also other nations and cultures. This country wants to create monoethnic state and therefore resort to humiliating deeds”, Ahmadov stressed.
He pointed out that the international community remains indifferent to tragedies of Azerbaijanis, who have been always subjected to injustice.
“International organizations have never given legal assessment to crimes against our compatriots, even to the Khojaly genocide. And deportations of Azerbaijanis are the results of indifference of the international community”, he said.
YAP Executive Secretary expressed assurance that these crimes will not remain unpunished and the international community sooner or later will change its attitude towards this injustice.
Ahmadov said the Azerbaijan public should strengthen its efforts to make the international community assess all these tragedies.
Other speakers, including MPs Nizami Jafarov, Fattah Heydarov, Fazil Mustafayev, academician Budag Budagov, Professor Hasan Mirzayev, doctors of historical sciences Jamil Hasanli and Fazail Ibrahimly also condemned Armenians` hostile deeds towards Azerbaijanis. They proposed to create the organization to achieve legal assessment of these crimes.
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