OIC issues statement on 33rd anniversary of Khojaly genocide

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has issued a statement on the 33rd anniversary of the Khojaly genocide, Report informs.

In the document, OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha paid tribute to the memory of the victims with deep respect.

He stressed that the Khojaly tragedy was the result of the illegal occupation of Azerbaijani territories by Armenia.

The head of the organization, referring to paragraph 117 of the Final Declaration of the Cairo Summit adopted at the 12th session of the Islamic Summit Conference in 2013, as well as Resolution No. 47/50-POL "On Solidarity with the Victims of the Khojaly Massacre of 1992" adopted at the 5th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in 2024 in Yaounde (Cameroon), qualified the mass crimes against the civilian population of Khojaly as a war crime, a crime against humanity and genocide.