Azerbaijan, Baku, March 31 / Trend /
Head of the Turkish-Azerbaijani inter-parliamentary friendship group Necdet Unuvar made a statement in connection with March 31 - Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis.
In his statement, Unuvar said that March 31 will not be forgotten in the whole Turkic world.
The killing of thousands of Azerbaijanis, committed by Armenians with special cruelty, is a genocide, Unuvar said.
"The genocide was committed against Azerbaijanis 95 years ago on March 31," he said. "Despite the documents and photos proving the genocide, the world countries are still silent and this attitude bothers us."
He added that people and history will never forget the crimes committed against Azerbaijanis, although Armenians are trying to hide this fact.
On March 1918, the Armenian Dashnaks led by Stepan Shaumyan committed the ruthless act of genocide against the Azerbaijani people. According to the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), 700,000 people fell victim to the genocide in Azerbaijan within several days in 1918, starting March 24. As a result, 75 villages in Shamakhi, 122 in Guba and 115 in Zangezur were completely destroyed.
According to a decree signed in 1998 by the National Leader Heydar Aliyev, the memories of victims of the genocide are honored every year on March 31.