BAKU ARMENIANS READY TO RETURN TO BAKU

Panorama.am
17:57 13/01/2010

The 20th jubilee of Armenian massacre in Baku is marked. How do our
compatriots deprived from Baku live? "Genocide museum-institute
recognized those massacres as Genocide," Grigori Ayvazyan,
the president of "Association of Azerbaijani Armenians"
stated. Mr. Ayvazyan told Panorama.am that those events are described
as Genocide.

"One of two nations which had supported the foundation of Azerbaijan
has been brutally massacred by the majority nation and were forced
to leave their homes," he said. Ayvazyan said that they have started
their struggle for their rights in Republic of Armenia and continue
voicing it in other international organizations. The president
of the association said that the question of refugees should also
be discussed; if Azerbaijan demands return of their territories,
then Armenians of Baku should also return to their homes having the
guarantee of international organizations. "We demand restoring of
the rights of Azerbaijani Armenians and compensation for about $100
billion – 70% for material losses and 30% for mutual," Ayvazyan said.

Whether Baku Armenians are ready to return to their homes after those
brutalities and massacre. "There are people who are ready to return
and to fight for that."