Azerbaijani Ambassador: Events in Khojaly cannot be forgotten

The Azerbaijani Embassy in Russia has held an event commemorating the Khojaly genocide at the Jewish Museum of Tolerance Center in Moscow, Report's Russian bureau informs.

Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu addressed the event, providing details of the tragedy.

"Khojaly was destroyed overnight. What happened there was a real genocide committed with extreme cruelty. Most of the victims were burned alive, blindfolded, beheaded, and their ears were cut off," he said.

"The exact number is not known, but the figure is even more than reported by official sources," the ambassador said.

"Time doesn't heal. Though many years have passed, it is impossible to forget what happened and to turn the page. If someone hopes for a change in our position over time, they will get disappointed. Azerbaijanis will never give up their land and will always protect the interests of their country," Bulbuloglu said.

Referring to the recent debate between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan within the Munich Security Conference, Bulbuloglu emphasized that the meeting demonstrated the commitment to support the interests of our people to the end.

"The President highlighted several irrefutable facts that Nagorno-Karabakh belongs to Azerbaijan and justified his thesis with historical data and numerous evidence, as well as UN Security Council resolutions," he said.

"Despite proof and documentary evidence which identifies the criminals, no one has yet been brought to justice for the act of genocide committed right before the eyes of the international community! We cannot bring back the dead, but we must inform the world about the Khojaly realities so that those events do not happen again. For this purpose, Vice-president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, chairwoman of the Azerbaijani Youth Organizations of Russia, AMOR, Leyla Aliyeva initiated the 'Justice for Khojaly' awareness campaign, which brought together hundreds of thousands of young people. Many countries, including 22 US states, have recognized events in Khojaly as genocide," said Bulbuloglu.