2015-02-24

Khojaly genocide victims commemorated with members of the Saudi-Azerbaijani Parliamentary Friendship Committee of the Shoura Council

February 24, 2015. The talks were held when Azerbaijan Ambassador Rasim Rzayev met with the members of the Saudi-Azerbaijani Parliamentary Friendship Committee of the council headed by Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Nasser at the Shoura council headquarters in Riyadh.

The event participants were handed over books on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the Khojaly genocide, the final edition of the “Heritage” magazine, and booklets prepared by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.

Azerbaijan`s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and permanent representative to OIC Rasim Rzayev said the Khojaly events were part of Armenia`s policy of genocide against the Azerbaijani people.

He said as a result of the massacre 613 innocent civilians were killed and 1275 were taken hostage. The diplomat said the international community must give political and legal assessment to the Khojaly genocide.

STATEMENT of the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republicof Azerbaijanon the 23^rd anniversary of the Khojaly Genocide

APPEAL to the World's Religious Leaders, Parliaments, International Organizations, and European Court of Human Rights

Khojaly genocide victims commemorated with members of the Saudi-Azerbaijani Parliamentary Friendship Committee of the Shoura Council

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