Switzerland-Armenia association recalls Sumgait pogroms

news.am, Armenia
Feb 27 2010

Switzerland-Armenia association recalls Sumgait pogroms

17:48 / 02/27/2010Switzerland-Armenia association issued a statement
on the occasion of 22nd anniversary of the massacres perpetrated
against Armenians in Sumgait. The association commemorates pogroms of
Armenians by Azeris in Sumgait 22 years ago, as well as massacres in a
number of Azerbaijani settlements within next years causing death,
tortures and mass displacements of Armenian population in Azerbaijan.

The statement also outlines the aggression by Azerbaijan against
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and destruction of Armenian khachkars
(cross-stones) in Jugha as expression of continuing propaganda of
aggression and hatred against Armenia and Armenian people.

Documents and videos are attached to the statement.

A.G.