Pressure group proposes to mark May 8 as occupied lands’ day

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
posted April 18 2005

Baku, April 15, AssA-Irada — The Garabagh Liberation Organization
(GLO) has proposed to mark May 8, the day of Shusha occupation by
Armenia, as “the Day of Occupied Lands of Azerbaijan”. The GLO has
appealed to the Milli Majlis (parliament) for the purpose, its chairman
Akif Naghi said.

The GLO terms Upper Garabagh, 7 adjacent regions, as well as Goychay,
Zangazur districts and other territories occupied by Armenia in 1920s
and 1950s, as occupied territories.

Naghi added that the GLO Council is getting to ready to appeal to
the Mayor’s Office of Baku to sanction actions dedicated to the
anniversary of Shusha occupation.*