Serbia marks anniversary of Azerbaijanis genocide

A commemorating ceremony was held in the Azerbaijani Embassy in Serbia in connection with the Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis on March 31. The event was attended by embassy employees, members of the Azerbaijani Culture Center in Belgrade and Azerbaijani-Serbian Trade and Economic Chamber, members of the Azerbaijani society, Azerbaijani students studying in Serbia, the Serbian public members, media outlets and Belgrade’s Muslim society.

During the event it was told about the history of the genocide of Azerbaijanis, about Armenian brutalities in 1905-1907 in Baku, Shusha, Zangazur, Nakhcivan, Ordubad, as well as Gazakh, brutal killing of thousand of Azerbaijanis in Baku, Shamakhi, Guba, Mugan and Karabakh in March-April 1918, expulsion of tens of thousands peoples from their homes.

The Armenian Dashnaks who seized the power under Stepan Shaumyan's leadership in March 1918 cruelly killed tens of thousands of civilian Azerbaijanis in Baku, Shamakhi, Guba, Khachmaz, Lankaran, Hajigabul, Salyan, Zangezur, Karabakh, Nakhchivan and other areas. According to official sources, as a result of the genocide about 12,000 Azerbaijanis were killed, while tens of thousands went missing.


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