Armenian military forces committed genocide acts in the town of Khojaly, Azerbaijan, with the population of 7,000 people on Feb. 26 1992. There were 3,000 people in the town at the time of Armenian military forces' attack. Most part of the population had to leave town during four months blockade. 613 people were killed, 1,000 peaceful people of different age became invalid during Khojaly genocide. 106 women, 63 children, 70 old men were killed. 8 families were completely annihilated, 130 children lost one parents, while 25 both of them. 1,275 peace residents were taken hostages, while the fate of 150 of them is still unknown.

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The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today attended a commemorative ceremony in memory of victims of the Khojaly genocide.
President Ilham Aliyev put a wreath at the memorial...

Turkey`s leading daily newspaper Hurriyet has published an interview with vice-president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva.
In her interview, Mrs. Aliyeva said “everybody who wants justice for Khojaly will listen to the voice of humanity”.
“The world community has not created a concrete and working mechanism after the Khojaly tragedy. Unfortunately there are still double standards in approach to this tragedy.”

EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby, completing his mission, stated in Yerevan today that he disagrees with the opinion that there is no progress in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Mediamax reported.
"There is progress, but not so serious as many hoped," he said.

"The fact that we intensify close relations with the countries of the region means that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict becomes a more serious issue for the European Union. We will continue to pay more attention to this process and look for the ways to support efforts within the OSCE Minsk Group, " he said...

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Munich, the country's foreign ministry said.

The OSCE supports the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and promoting to strengthen confidence between the confronting sides, OSCE Chairman Audronius Ažubalis said in Moscow today.

The Azerbaijani presidential administration head signed an order to approve an action plan on the nineteenth anniversary of the Khojaly genocide, the AzerTaj state news agency reported...

Jordi Xucla i Costa became the new chairman of the sub-committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Nagorno-Karabakh. The decision was made at the PACE meeting on Friday.
PACE adopted the resolution No 1416 about the need to establish the sub-committee on Nagorno-Karabakh in 2005. After the death of the chairman of the sub-committee Lord Russell-Johnston, the activity of this organization was suspended. But the issue of resuming its work remains on the agenda of the Bureau.
The Armenian side prevents the establishment of the sub-committee in every way. Everybody, except Armenian representatives, voted for Jordi Xucla i Costa, Spanish MP, Liberal Party member, the head of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE, Samad Seyidov, told media.
After discussions the Bureau made a decision to restore the activity of the sub-committee.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the United States - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

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