HALUK IPEK: NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT SHOULD BE SOLVED IN THE FRAMEWORK OF PEACEFUL OPTION APPROVED BY AZERBAIJANI PEOPLE
Today, Azerbaijan
March 1 2007
"26 February is not only one of the saddest days for the Turkish
world and Azerbaijan, but a black page for humanity.
"Armenians committed a massacre against civilians in Khojaly on
February 26 in 1992," Haluk Ipek, chairman of Turkey-Azerbaijan
Friendship Group, one of the heads of parliamentary factions of Justice
and Development Party said at the meeting of the Turkish Parliament
on February 28.
Giving information about the tragedy, Ipek said that Armenians
attacked on Khojaly, which they encircled since October of 1991,
with the support of 366th regiment of Russia.
"Armless, defenseless Azerbaijani Turks, children, women and the old
were murdered by Armenians. 83 children and 106 women were killed
atrociously. They totally killed 613 civilians. 487 were wounded,
1,275 were captured, 150 of which are unidentified. Armenians skinned
people and cut off different parts of their body. A lot of people
were buried being alive. They even burnt the martyrs’ bodies.
Armenians tortured every one," he said.
Haluk Ipek also informed the parliamentarians of the history of the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict and occupation of Azerbaijani territories.
He said that the main aim of the massacre started in 1988 is to annex
Karabakh to Armenia.
"The Nagorno Karabakh problem has a negative influence on the stability
of the South Caucasus. The only way out is to liberate the occupied
territories and to solve the problem with Turkey’s support and in
the framework of the peaceful solution satisfying Azerbaijan," he said.
Haluk Ipek accused Western states and parliaments of pursuing double
standard policy and added that they ignore the Khojaly genocide and
the occupation of Azerbaijani territories and concern themselves with
the false claims of Armenian genocide.
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