AZERBAIJAN HAS DECIDED TO "MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE AZERBAIJANI GENOCIDE OF 1918"

ArmRadio.am
30.03.2007 14:00

Those in Azerbaijan have decided to mark "the genocide of Azerbaijanis
on March 31, 1918."

According to the Azeri side, "with the silent assistance of Bolsheviks
the divisions of Armenian dashnaks carried out massacre of the Azeri
population in Baku." Let us remind that in reality on March 31, 1918
the upheaval of Musavats was oppressed in Baku, and many Armenians
also fell victims to these sad events. Revolutionary processes were
under way in Russia and Transcaucasia, and people were being killed
not only on the ethnic basis, but also on that of party affiliation.

On the occasion of the anniversary Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
accused Armenia and Armenians for resettling the Armenians from
Turkey and Iran in Zangezur and Karabakh in the 19th century, which
affected the demographic situation. Thus, Ilham Aliyev confessed
that a great Armenian population living in Turkey was forced to
leave the country. Turning from one "genocide" to another, Aliyev
declared the pick of the policy of Armenians "became the February
1992, when Armenians killed hundreds of citizens of Khojalu city of
Nagorno Karabakh," forgetting to recall that the events in Khojalu
were preceded by mass killing of Armenians in Sumgait, Baku and other
cities of the republic.

"Armenians perpetrated similar acts in other territories of Azerbaijan
occupied during the war. The Armenian aggression resulted in the
emergence of millions of refugees," Ilham Aliyev declared. Concluding
his speech, the Azeri leader reinstated that "due to the targeted
policy of Azerbaijan the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan will
be restored."

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress