Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Türkiye “will not forget” the 1992 Khojaly bloodbath, the place a whole lot of Azerbaijani residents have been killed by Armenian forces, calling it a “crime against humanity.”
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The 1992 Khojaly bloodbath was a “crime against humanity,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has stated.
“We condemn the murder of our Azerbaijani brothers in Khojaly 31 years ago, and we once again commemorate our martyrs with mercy,” Cavusoglu stated in a tweet on the thirty first anniversary of the violent assault during which a whole lot of Azerbaijani residents have been killed by Armenian forces.
“We have not forgotten the crime against humanity committed in Khojaly, we will not forget,” he stated, emphasising that Türkiye shares Azerbaijan’s ache.
More than 600 folks have been killed in one in all Armenia’s bloodiest assaults on Azerbaijani civilians within the Karabakh area.
Armenian forces took over the city of Khojaly on February 26, 1992 after battering it with heavy artillery and tanks, assisted by an infantry regiment.
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The two-hour Armenian offensive killed 613 Azerbaijani folks, together with 106 girls and 63 kids, and critically injured 487 others.
In a separate assertion, the Turkish Foreign Ministry stated the destiny of those that disappeared after the bloodbath continues to be unknown.
According to Azerbaijani figures, some 150 of the 1,275 Azerbaijanis captured by the Armenians stay lacking.
“We still feel the pain of our Azerbaijani brothers, who were murdered in Khojaly 31 years ago, in our hearts. We condemn this crime against humanity, which has gone down in history as a black mark,” the ministry stated.
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Source: AA
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