Azerbaijani Permanent Mission to CE shows documentary shot by Trend Agency at event on Khojali genocide

The Azerbaijani Permanent Mission to the Council of Europe (CE) demonstrated the documentary film "When words freeze…" (Sözün bitdiyi zaman) produced by Trend News at the memorial ceremony marking the 18th anniversary of one of the most horrible tragedies of the 20th century Khojali genocide held as a part of the "Justice for Khojaly" campaign, the mission told Trend News.

The event presented visual and video materials about the Khojali tragedy, as well as the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict published by Heydar Aliyev in different languages. The materials provided detailed information on terror acts and genocide committed by Armenians against our people.

In his opening speech, Azerbaijani Permanent Representative to CE Arif Mammadov revealed the true nature of this genocide, which is one of the worst crimes in human history, committed by Armenians against our people. He said the perpetrators of the tragedy will receive condign punishment, and the truth will prevail. He brought to the attention of the participant the work in the area of communicating accurate and detailed information about Azerbaijan's realities, including the tragedy, carried out by Heydar Aliyev Foundation. Addressing the event, Azerbaijani Parliamentary Regional Issues Committee Chairman Arif Rahimzade thanked the guests for their participation and noted that the anniversary of the Khojali tragedy is marked in Azerbaijan, and in many countries around the world. Our goal is to provide more information about the Khojali tragedy to the attention of world public, he said.

"The perpetrators of this tragedy have not yet been involved in legal liability, and our aim is to make them to experience mental suffer and to show the world their true face. The people, who committed these crimes, now occupy the highest posts in the Armenian government. Committing this crime, the Armenians did not only want to perpetrate a massacre of civilians and occupy the Khojali city, but they also sought to keep the Azerbaijani people in constant fear  and show every Azerbaijani that such a tragic fate waits him. The Khojali genocide is a great tragedy not only for the Azerbaijani people, but also for around the world. If the world community turned a blind eye to such tragedies, the probability of re-perpetration of these tragedies are not excluded. The international community should appreciate this tragic event and to condemn the perpetrators, he said.

Presidential Administration Sector Head Gafar Aliyev also thanked the guests for sharing this terrible tragedy of the Azerbaijani people, and noted that the Khojali tragedy is one of the most horrible and bloody pages of the Azerbaijan history. He spoke about the grave consequences of the massacres perpetrated by Armenians. He noted that the tragedy was remembered in a number of countries. The international community has not yet gave the political and legal assessment of this tragedy, but the Azerbaijani people' true word always finds the necessary support, he said.

Armenian military forces committed genocide acts in the town of Khojali, 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 Khojali 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.

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