Karabakh historian: one shouldn’t step on dead bodies for one’s own interests
ArmRadio.am
2007-03-02 14:42:00
"Today, official Baku applies to international organizations to
qualify the events in Hojalu as a genocide. But how can one speak of a
genocide if the Karabakh side officially, at a governmental level
provided a corridor so that the peaceful population could safely go to
Aghdam?", Hrachik Harutyunyan, a Karabakh historian, told an ArmInfo
correspondent.
According to him, the Azeri military servicemen accompanied the
peaceful population to the Armenian village of Nakhijevanik along the
provided corridor. Nakhijevanik, like other nearby Armenian villages,
as well as Stepanakert, the capital of Karabakh, were constantly under
artillery bombardment from Aghdam, a town which turned into a strong
military base by the Azeri authorities. The historian considers that
the people of Hojalu were deliberately taken under artillery
bombardment in order to compromise President Ayaz Mutalibov and
discharge him. "By the nature of my service, I managed to recapture
the Azeri communication personnel’s negotiations which were held all
night long from 25 to 26 Feb 1992. In the morning, the signaller of
the Regional Department of Internal Affairs of Hojalu with "Chinar"
call-sign reported about what had happened. Receiving no answer, he
swore and stopped talking. One shouldn’t step on dead bodies for one’s
own interests. People should know the truth about Hojalu. Sooner or
later, the truth will come out", H.Harutyunyan said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
