Pakistan recognizes Khojaly genocide

The Pakistani Senate recognized the events in the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly as a genocide.

The resolution recognizing the tragic events as a genocide committed by Armenian armed forces in the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly in 1992 was unanimously adopted at a meeting of Pakistani Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Wednesday, initiator of the resolution, Senator Haji Ghulam Ali told Trend over phone from Islamabad.

The decision of the committee is major and considered as the Senate's decision.

The document states that the Senate condemns the occupation of Azerbaijani lands by Armenians and the genocide committed by Armenian armed forces in Khojaly in February 1992. The Senate confirms Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and recognizes it within internationally recognized borders.

The Senate also asks for the international community to urge Armenia to fulfill the UN Security Council resolutions on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and to call the perpetrators of the tragic events in Khojaly to justice.

"Pakistan will always be close to Azerbaijan over the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," the senator said.

The Armenian military forces committed genocide in Khojaly on Feb. 26, 1992. More than 600 people were killed, including 63 children, 106 women and 70 old men. A total of 1,000 civilians were disabled during the genocide. Eight families were annihilated, 130 children lost one parent, and 25 lost both. Additionally, 1,275 peaceful residents were taken hostage, while the fate of 150 remains unknown.


/Trend/