"Genocide acts should always be remembered, not on anniversary"

     On 14 March, the Ombudsman's Office hosted a scientific-practical conference devoted to the 100th anniversary of the 1918 genocide of Azerbaijanis.

     At a conference organized jointly with the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (ANAS), the memory of the tragedy victims was commemorated with a minute of silence.

     Ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova, Director of the Institute of History of ANAS, academician, MP Yagub Mahmudov, MPs Elman Nasirov and Sahibe Gafarova, Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Court Sona Salmanova, Deputy Attorney General Namik Asgarov, Deputy Justice Minister Maharram Aliyev, Youth and Sports deputy minister Farhad Hajiyev, deputy chairman of the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs Garay Farhadov, representatives of ministries and state committees, other state institutions, scientists from the Institute of History, non-governmental organizations and media representatives.

     The event started with a minute of silence on the victims of the genocide on March 31, memory of the martyrs who died for the independence and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

     The event was attended by the veteran of the Garabagh War, the head of the Baku Scientific Research Laboratory of Baku Slavic University, and Associate Professor Sadir Mammadov. He said in his speech that President Ilham Aliyev's decision of January 18, 2018 "On the 100th anniversary of the 1918 genocide of Azerbaijanis" played an important role in bringing the truth about the crimes committed by the Armenian armed forces against Azerbaijanis to the country and the world community. Mammadov said that these bloody events should not be forgotten.

     Afterwards, Mammadov stated facts about the Armenian murders he witnessed in 1988-1993 as a witness of the Garabagh war: "The criminal acts committed by Armenian aggressors at the beginning of the twentieth century have been repeated by the end of the century." The scientist said that the Khojaly genocide is a blatant fact of Armenian vandalism and terrorism. He assessed this genocide as still the result of double standards as the world did not value the international terrorist act. Mammadov emphasized the importance of remembering March 31 and the Khojaly genocide not only on the anniversary.

Head of the Azerbaijan Research Laboratory,

Associate Professor Sadir Mammadov

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