This written declaration does not reflect the position of the Assembly; only of those members that have signed it. It will not be considered further by the Assembly.
The Khojaly massacre is one of the most terrible and bloody
pages in the history of Azerbaijan as well as in the history of
the whole humanity. This merciless and cruel genocide was one of
the most dreadful mass terror acts perpetrated in the history of
mankind.
On 26 February 2012 it will be 20 years since the Armenian
armed forces supported by regular Soviet-Russian troops of the 366th Infantry
Regiment captured the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly and ruthlessly
massacred its peaceful residents due to their Turkish ethnicity.
During the Khojaly massacre, 613 persons including 106 women, 63
children and 70 elderly were slaughtered, nearly 1000 civilians
of various ages became invalid, 8 families were completely annihilated,
130 children lost one parent, and 25 children lost both of them.
1275 civilians were taken hostage; the fate of 150 of them is still
unknown. Consequently the town of Khojaly was razed to the ground.
Taking the above-mentioned into consideration, we call on
the international community including the Parliamentary Assembly
to condemn this inhuman brutal act as well as to give an appropriate
legal and political assessment of this crime by the Armenian armed
forces against humanity.
