VICTIMS OF "GENOCIDE" COMMEMORATED IN AZERBAIJAN
AZG Armenian Daily
31/03/2007
Official Baku alleges that genocide of the people of Azerbaijan was
committed by Armenians on March 31, 1918. "Armed units of the Armenian
"Dashnaks" (members of "Dashnaktsutiun" – Armenian Revolutionary Union
party members) had committed massacres of the Azerbaijani population
in Baku," Azerbaijani historical science says.
In a speech dedicated to the "event" President of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev noted that this date is related to the robberies and massacres
of Armenian armed units against Azerbaijanis in March, 1918 and
have a broad chronology. "Within nearly 200 years, Armenians carried
out military, political, ideological campaigns aimed to oppress the
Azeris and remove from their native lands, to occupy new lands and to
build "great Armenian state." Removal of great number of Armenians to
Karabakh and Zangezur from Iran and the Ottoman Empire in early 19th
century, mass massacres and robberies committed by Armenian forces in
different parts of South Caucasus in 1905 and 1918, deportation of our
compatriots from their native lands in Armenian territory during 1948
-1953, the large-scale war for occupying the Nagorno Karabakh province
of Azerbaijan, which started in 1988 and its, and the Khojaly genocide
in 1992 are the bloody pages of a planned genocide policy committed
by Armenian aggressors against Azerbaijani people. At present 20%
of Azerbaijani territory is under Armenian occupation," Azerbaijani
president declared.
Aliev President has expressed his confidence that Azerbaijan will
achieve restoration of territorial integrity and sovereignty and
exposure of the ones who carried out genocide policy against the
Azeri people.