Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 26 / Trend M. Aliyev /
During the roundtable discussion on "Khojali genocide: political, legal and psychological aspects" at the Center for Strategic Studies under the Azerbaijani President, journalist and editor of the Lithuanian socio-political newspaper 'Lazdiyay ulduzu' Richardas Lapaytis disclosed the facts of the Armenians' atrocities witnessed by him.
"During six visits to Nagorno-Karabakh, I was the only witness of nurse Gultekin Askerova's murder committed by the Armenians, as well as other atrocities in a combat zone," Lapaytis said.
According to him, foreign and local journalists have made every effort to gather many facts from the combat zone.
The journalist stressed that currently the information blockade on coverage of the Nagorno-Karabakh events created by the Armenians in Lithuania, has been destroyed.
Political commentator, advisor to the chairman of the Economy Committee of the Lithuanian Seimas Imantas Melyanas also stressed the fact of the myth created by the Armenians in the information sphere of Lithuania. "During the last two years in Lithuania, we were able to reverse the unhealthy information war of the Armenian diaspora, and periodically publish truthful material on Khojali", Melyanas said.
On Feb. 25-26 February, 1992 Armenian occupation forces together with the 366-th infantry regiment of the Soviet troops stationed in Khankendi (earlier Stepanakert) fired Azerbaijani Khojali town by all kinds of artillery systems, and then occupied the town in Nagorno-Karabakh of Azerbaijan, located about 23 km from Khankendi.
Armenian troops committed genocide in Khojali on Feb. 26, 1992. The tragedy began early morning. Within hours, over 613 unarmed Azerbaijani citizens were killed. Among them were 106 women and 83 children. About 1,000 people were disabled by shots; 8 families were fully destroyed. A total of 25 children lost both of their parents and 130 children lost one of them. About 1,275 people were taken prisoner and around 150 people went missing. Eight families were completely killed.
Chief Scientist of the Center Allahyarova Tahira said that the main task of world public is to recognize the tragedy of Khojali as a deliberate political genocide. "The tragedy in Khojali was not spontaneous, but planned much earlier before the plan of genocide", Allahyarova said.
Chief Scientist SRC Allahyarova Tahir said that the main task of world public opinion - is the recognition of the tragedy of Khojaly as deliberate policy of genocide. "The tragedy in Khojaly was not spontaneous, but planned much earlier before the plan of genocide", - said Allahyarova.
According to her, the attitude towards the organizers of genocide must be the same around the world.