SEARCH FOR ARMENIAN CONSPIRACY IN AZERBAIJAN
By H. Chaqrian

AZG Armenian Daily
27/02/2008

National Interests

Resulting in Efforts to Balance the Armenian Genocide with the
"Massacre of Khojalu"

The Azerbaijani villains, who declare murder Ramil Safarov a national
hero for having assassinated an Armenian, is still unable to get
rid of the habit of seeking out "Armenian conspiracies". This habit
results in such absurd insinuations as spotting PKK armed forces in
Karabakh and allegations of the "Massacre of Khojalu".

The Turkish kemalists by all means assist the Azeris in their search
for Armenian conspiracies. Azg had previously reported about another
hysteria in Azerbaijan about Armenia deploying PKK troops in Karabakh
and about the intentions to erect a memorial dedicated to the "victims
of the massacre of Khojalu".

The news are that on February 25 the Turkish press and television
responded to the abovementioned statements of the Azerbaijani
authorities. According to the Turkish mass media, the Azeris have not
only opened the Khojalu monument, but also organized two conferences
dedicated to the "massacre of Khojalu" (one was held in Berlin and
the other in New York) and a rally of protest in Istanbul.

The memorial of the "victims of Khojalu", as "Hurriyet" reports,
was opened on February 24, Hague, due to the efforts of the
"Turkish-Azerbaijani Culture" foundation. The monument was placed
in the military Den Haag cemetery and Azerbaijani Ambassador to
the Netherlands Iskandarov, Turkish Consul in Rotterdam Altug, as
well as a number of other high-ranked officials were present to the
inauguration ceremony. During it the Azerbaijani ambassador and the
head of the "Turkish-Azerbaijani Culture" foundation announced that
it was just the beginning and monuments commemorating the "Khojalu
victims" are to be erected in many spots over the world.

According to the Turkish Public Television, head of the Historic
Society Yusuf Halacoglu was present to the "Khojalu massacre and the
truth about 1915 events" conference in Berlin. The participants of
the conference declared that the recognition of the Armenian Genocide
by a number of countries is unfair and illegitimate.

The conference in New York was organized by the Federation
of Turkish-American Unions, the Azeri Union of America, and the
Azerbaijani American Council. On the conference it was stated that the
Armenians murdered 613 people in Khojalu, 106 women and 83 children
among them, and the necessity of informing the world society about the
"khojalu tragedy" was stressed.

Referring to the demonstration in Istanbul it should be pointed out
that the participants of the protest action carried "The massacre of
Khojalu is a Genocide", "Karabakh belongs to Azerbaijan" and other
similar banners. Azerrbaijani Consul in Istanbul Salakhli and Meclis
deputy Pashayeva were among the leaders of the demonstration. They
declared, "Armenia accuses Turkey for having perpetrated a Genocide,
while the Armenians did it themselves. The world must recognize the
Genocide committed by Armenians in Khojalu".

According to information provided by "Zaman", about 1000 people took
part in the demonstration. How many people took part in the rest of
the mentioned actions, the Turkish mass media does not inform.