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Khojaly tragedy - a black stain in human history: Turkey's ruling party

Politics Materials 26 February 2018 11:54 (UTC +04:00)
Khojaly tragedy is a black stain in the human history that will never be forgotten, Ravza Kavakci, deputy chairman of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), said in a statement Feb. 26.
Khojaly tragedy - a black stain in human history: Turkey's ruling party

Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 26

By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:

Khojaly tragedy is a black stain in the human history that will never be forgotten, Ravza Kavakci, deputy chairman of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), said in a statement Feb. 26.

She noted that 26 years ago the Armenian armed forces carried out an unprecedented atrocity and crime against the Azerbaijani citizens.

Kavakci stressed that the West, pretending to be a champion of the human rights, is unfortunately still silent in regard to this tragedy.

“We are constantly working to make such a bloody tragedy never happen again. We commemorate the bitter tragedy of our Azerbaijani brothers and share their grief,” she concluded.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

On Feb. 25-26, 1992, the Armenian armed forces, together with the 366th infantry regiment of Soviet troops, stationed in Khankendi, committed an act of genocide against the population of the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly. As many as 613 people, including 63 children, 106 women and 70 old people were killed in the massacre. Eight families were totally exterminated, 130 children lost one parent and 25 children lost both. Some 1,275 innocent residents were taken hostage, while the fate of 150 people still remains unknown.

The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.

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