INHABITANTS OF HOJALU (Khojaly) DIED IN AGHDAM
2007-03-06 DeFacto
The Azeris themselves are guilty of the destruction of the inhabitants of Hojalu, a political scientist Levon Melik-Shahnazarian stated in the course of a press conference held in Pastark Club on Tuesday.
Being an immediate participant of the operation on oppression of the firing points in Hojalu, Levon Melik-Shahnazarian noted the Armenian party had documentary materials testifying to real events that had taken place in Hojalu in February, 1992. He stated Armenians were not concerned with the murder of Hojalu’s peaceful population. According to the political scientist, at that time the Armenian party did not even have enough recourses to let the peaceful population go via a ‘’ humanitarian corridor’’, start fighting against the Azeris’ armed units and then organize the persecution of Hojalu women, children and old men to kill them on the territory controlled by the Azeris, after which, in two days, to return, risking their soldiers’ life, to cripple the corpses. Moreover, as it is known, the Hojalu inhabitants were killed in the suburbs of Aghdam, which was controlled by Azeris till the summer of 1993.
Speaking of the Hojalu tragedy, a current anniversary of which was celebrated February 26, the political scientist stated Azerbaijan did its best to propagate its own version of Hojalu events, distorting reality. In some countries Azeris held rallies, organized exhibitions, demonstrated films devoted to the tragedy in Hojalu to convince the world community that Armenians had committed ‘’genocide against Azeris in Hojalu’’.
The Azeri party’s main ‘’argument’’, video survey made February 29 and March 2, 1992 by the operator Chingiz Fuad-oghly, absolutely refutes the Azeri propaganda’s fabrications. As it may be seen, Chingiz is walking by a filed dotted by corpses accompanied by Azeris, which confirms that the territory was controlled by the Azeri party. A supposition that Armenians seized the territories staking their life to gibe at the corpses and then give way to the Azeri operators is absurd. ‘’Actually, we did not fight against corpses’’, Levon Melik-Shahnazarian underscored.
The political scientist criticized Armenia’s passiveness in the issue, noting the Armenian party, including state structures, mass media, had ignored the date and had not reacted on the Azeris’ lie. Levon Melik-Shahnazarian stated the Armenian party had video materials and publications throwing light on the Hojalu events.
He also noted with regret that Armenia had actually ignored all the memorable February dates referring to the beginning of the Karabagh movement, pogroms in Askeran (February 22, 1988), in Soumgait and Gandzak (February 26-29, 1988).
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The Azeris themselves are guilty of the destruction of the inhabitants of Hojalu, a political scientist Levon Melik-Shahnazarian stated in the course of a press conference held in Pastark Club on Tuesday.
Being an immediate participant of the operation on oppression of the firing points in Hojalu, Levon Melik-Shahnazarian noted the Armenian party had documentary materials testifying to real events that had taken place in Hojalu in February, 1992. He stated Armenians were not concerned with the murder of Hojalu’s peaceful population. According to the political scientist, at that time the Armenian party did not even have enough recourses to let the peaceful population go via a ‘’ humanitarian corridor’’, start fighting against the Azeris’ armed units and then organize the persecution of Hojalu women, children and old men to kill them on the territory controlled by the Azeris, after which, in two days, to return, risking their soldiers’ life, to cripple the corpses. Moreover, as it is known, the Hojalu inhabitants were killed in the suburbs of Aghdam, which was controlled by Azeris till the summer of 1993.
Speaking of the Hojalu tragedy, a current anniversary of which was celebrated February 26, the political scientist stated Azerbaijan did its best to propagate its own version of Hojalu events, distorting reality. In some countries Azeris held rallies, organized exhibitions, demonstrated films devoted to the tragedy in Hojalu to convince the world community that Armenians had committed ‘’genocide against Azeris in Hojalu’’.
The Azeri party’s main ‘’argument’’, video survey made February 29 and March 2, 1992 by the operator Chingiz Fuad-oghly, absolutely refutes the Azeri propaganda’s fabrications. As it may be seen, Chingiz is walking by a filed dotted by corpses accompanied by Azeris, which confirms that the territory was controlled by the Azeri party. A supposition that Armenians seized the territories staking their life to gibe at the corpses and then give way to the Azeri operators is absurd. ‘’Actually, we did not fight against corpses’’, Levon Melik-Shahnazarian underscored.
The political scientist criticized Armenia’s passiveness in the issue, noting the Armenian party, including state structures, mass media, had ignored the date and had not reacted on the Azeris’ lie. Levon Melik-Shahnazarian stated the Armenian party had video materials and publications throwing light on the Hojalu events.
He also noted with regret that Armenia had actually ignored all the memorable February dates referring to the beginning of the Karabagh movement, pogroms in Askeran (February 22, 1988), in Soumgait and Gandzak (February 26-29, 1988).
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Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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