Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh appeals to world public regarding Khojaly genocide - PHOTOS

"The genocide committed in Khojaly is a page of the bloody policy of terror and extermination, ethnic cleansing and deportations carried out during the long years by Armenian nationalists against the Azerbaijanis," said the appeal of the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh to the world community adopted at the event held at Trend International News Agency.

Armenian military forces committed genocide acts in the town of Khojaly, Azerbaijan, with the population of 7,000 people on Feb. 26 1992. There were 3,000 people in the town at the time of Armenian military forces' attack. Most part of the population had to leave town during four months blockade. 613 people were killed, 1,000 peaceful people of different age became invalid during Khojaly genocide. 106 women, 63 children, 70 old men were killed. 8 families were completely annihilated, 130 children lost one parents, while 25 both of them. 1,275 peace residents were taken hostages, while the fate of 150 of them is still unknown.

The document states that in February 1988, the Armenian nationalists, supported by the Republic of Armenia, fomented separatism in Nagorno-Karabakh and began ethnic cleansing against Azerbaijanis in the region. As a result, by early 1992 were occupied dozens of villages populated by Azerbaijanis, killed hundreds of people in Nagorno-Karabakh. "Amongst these bloody crimes, the worst is Khojaly genocide. Destroying the city, the Armenian troops intended to massacre the Azerbaijani population of Nagorno-Karabakh and complete the policy of ethnic cleansing," the statement says.

Large-scale military aggression of Armenia against Azerbaijan after the Khojaly genocide testifies this.

The Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh supports OSCE Minsk Group negotiations on liberating occupied Azerbaijani territories and returning Azerbaijanis, expelled from their native lands, to their homes, and expects greater activities of the international community, international organizations in this process. 

/Trend News/

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