AzerNews Weekly, Azerbaijan
Aug 25 2009

Russian researcher to publish trilogy on Garabagh conflict

25-08-2009 23:23:20

A prominent Russian journalist and researcher plans to publish a
trilogy soon dedicated to the history of the Armenia-Azerbaijan
conflict over Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh.
Yuri Pompeyev`s books will reflect Armenian nationalism and facts
concerning the policy of destruction pursued in the occupied
Azerbaijani territories. The author proves with historic facts that
Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh, an Azerbaijani region occupied by Armenia
since the early 1990s, belongs to Azerbaijan.
Pompeyev told the Baku-based Lider TV channel that the publication of
the trilogy is being facilitated by the youth forum of the
Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) and supported by the Heydar
Aliyev Foundation.
“These books will back up with facts that Armenian nationalism has
caused dire tragedies in the history of the region,“ Pompeyev
said. “This trilogy proves that, until real hosts return to Upper
Garabagh, prosperity of the region is impossible.“
Pompeyev, an academician of Russia`s Natural Sciences Academy, is one
of the first journalists in the entire former Soviet Union covering
the January 20 tragedy and the Khojaly massacre perpetrated by
Armenians in Upper Garabagh in 1992.
Hundreds of civilians were crushed or injured by the Soviet troops in
Baku on January 20, 1990 on an order from the USSR leadership that was
trying to maintain the Communist regime in Azerbaijan and strangle the
national liberation movement. On February 25-26, 1992, thousands of
Azerbaijani civilians were slain by Armenian forces in the Khojaly
district.
Armenia and Azerbaijan waged a war over the mountainous region of
Upper Garabagh in the early 1990s, which claimed some 30,000 lives and
displaced about one million Azerbaijanis. Armenia has been occupying
over 20 percent of Azerbaijan`s internationally-recognized territory
since then. The ceasefire accord was signed in 1994, but peace talks,
mediated by the U.S., Russia and France through the OSCE Minsk Group,
have been fruitless so far, and sporadic clashes on the frontline
continue.