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ARMENIA'S PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES IN CE ISSUE STATEMENT ON 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN POGROMS IN AZERBAIJAN'S SUMGAIT
YEREVAN, February 26. /ARKA/. Armenia's permanent representatives in
the Council of Europe have marked the 25th anniversary of Armenian
pogroms in Azerbaijan's city of Sumgait by issuing a statement.
They said in their statement that atrocities were committed against
Armenians in Azerbaijan in February 1988 in response to peaceful
demands of Armenians living in Karabakh to join Armenia with
Azerbaijani authorities' complicity and amid anti-Armenian propaganda.
The massacre committed by Azerbaijani militants was raging in Sumgait
on February 27, 28 and 29.
The attacks were carried out in accordance with the lists composed
beforehand. Hundreds of innocent people were killed and more than 200
apartments were destroyed, and dozens of cars were burnt. As a result,
thousands of Armenians fled their homes in Azerbaijan.
The authors of the statement stressed that testimonies and evidence
give ground for saying that these pogroms were well-thought-out and
that their masterminds were the leaders of the Soviet Azerbaijan,
and the Armenians in Azerbaijan survived full extermination thanks
to Nagorno-Karabakh guerillas, whose battles ended in signing a
cease-fire agreement in May 1994.
"Unfortunately, official Baku is adamant in its anti-Armenian
propaganda and it keeps insisting on military solution of the Karabakh
problem," the statement says.
Rejecting any peaceful way, Azerbaijani authorities glorified Ramil
Safarov, who murdered Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan while the
latter asleep in Budapest, where both attended the NATO-sponsored
language course. They also announced the reward of ~@10,000 for ear
of writer Aylisli Akram, who dared to say a good word about Armenian
nation and whose books were publicly burnt.
"Now, 25 years after massacre in Sumgait, we attract the international
community's attention to alarming things in Azerbaijan, where hatred
toward Armenians is increasingly escalating fueled by the current
authorities in Baku, who are preparing their society for a warm not
peace," the statement says.
Pogroms which started in Sumgait were continued also in other cities
of Azerbaijan.
Armenia has sheltered more than 360,000 refugees over a period between
1988 and 1992. Other 140,000 Armenians from Azerbaijan migrated to
CIS countries.-0---
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
YEREVAN, February 26. /ARKA/. Armenia's permanent representatives in
the Council of Europe have marked the 25th anniversary of Armenian
pogroms in Azerbaijan's city of Sumgait by issuing a statement.
They said in their statement that atrocities were committed against
Armenians in Azerbaijan in February 1988 in response to peaceful
demands of Armenians living in Karabakh to join Armenia with
Azerbaijani authorities' complicity and amid anti-Armenian propaganda.
The massacre committed by Azerbaijani militants was raging in Sumgait
on February 27, 28 and 29.
The attacks were carried out in accordance with the lists composed
beforehand. Hundreds of innocent people were killed and more than 200
apartments were destroyed, and dozens of cars were burnt. As a result,
thousands of Armenians fled their homes in Azerbaijan.
The authors of the statement stressed that testimonies and evidence
give ground for saying that these pogroms were well-thought-out and
that their masterminds were the leaders of the Soviet Azerbaijan,
and the Armenians in Azerbaijan survived full extermination thanks
to Nagorno-Karabakh guerillas, whose battles ended in signing a
cease-fire agreement in May 1994.
"Unfortunately, official Baku is adamant in its anti-Armenian
propaganda and it keeps insisting on military solution of the Karabakh
problem," the statement says.
Rejecting any peaceful way, Azerbaijani authorities glorified Ramil
Safarov, who murdered Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan while the
latter asleep in Budapest, where both attended the NATO-sponsored
language course. They also announced the reward of ~@10,000 for ear
of writer Aylisli Akram, who dared to say a good word about Armenian
nation and whose books were publicly burnt.
"Now, 25 years after massacre in Sumgait, we attract the international
community's attention to alarming things in Azerbaijan, where hatred
toward Armenians is increasingly escalating fueled by the current
authorities in Baku, who are preparing their society for a warm not
peace," the statement says.
Pogroms which started in Sumgait were continued also in other cities
of Azerbaijan.
Armenia has sheltered more than 360,000 refugees over a period between
1988 and 1992. Other 140,000 Armenians from Azerbaijan migrated to
CIS countries.-0---
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress