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The massacre was committed (against) people in Hocali town in
Azerbaijan on February 25-26, 1992 by Armenian was condemned and
commemorated by various events in Azerbaijan and all of settlements
in
which Turks live.
HOCALI GENOCIDE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED
Armenian Diaspora who raised so-called Armenian genocide allegations
on the agenda in every occasion, tried to stain Turkey and defended
strongly this stance is shaken by a statement of an American senator.
Don Barton, member of Committee for international relations of the US
Congress called on Congress to recognize Hocali genocide. Barton said
in a session of the House of Representatives, "All communities in the
world should know and remember this. The US Congress will break
silence of international community regarding this issue, which has
continued for long years by recognizing Hocali genocide. Although
from
time to time, it has been called on the Congressmen to recognize "the
so-called Armenian genocide" which has no ground, there has been even
one word regarding to the Armenian massacre in Hocali.”
He explained that Hocali, an Azerbaijan city, was erased in maps by
Armenians in 1992, all of Azerians means the word of Hocali as
sorrow,
sadness and cruelty and said that "On February 26, 1992 Armenian
troops killed 613 persons in Hocali, held 1.275 persons as prisoner
of
war, broke the families. 1.000 persons were wounded and disabled,
also
150 persons were missing”.
Barton asked to raise the issue on the agenda of the US Congress and
to recognize the Hocali genocide.
Solomon Ortiz, a Democrat Congressman and co-chairman of Azerbaijan
delegation of the US Congress, said in the House of Representatives
that as a result of the invasion of the Armenian Armed Forces in
Nogorno-Karabakh and seven regions, 1 million of Azerian people
became
immigrant and refuge.
Ortiz called on his colleagues to support to be reached the peaceful
solution to the Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict and referred the
statement of the US State Department, which issued recently and
reminded that the USA did not recognize Nogorno-Karabakh as an
independent state and not regard its government as legitimate. He
explained that although the solution to the issue was tried to be
reached within the framework of Minsk group of the OSCE, there was no
any concrete result so far, meanwhile the USA continued to work
towards this direction and committed the peaceful solution to be
reached within the framework of the Minsk group and he referred to
the
recent decision of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe
regarding Nogorno-Karabakh. He pointed out that in the decision it
was
emphasized that a major part of the Azerbaijan territory is still
under the occupation of the Armenian troops and Nogorno-Karabakh is
under the control of separatist forces.
Ortiz said that “the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
and the co-chairman of Minsk Group of the OSCE should try to be
reached a consensus on the issue and the parties should respect the
resolution of the UN Security Council. That is to say, they should
avoid from any military action and armed forces should be withdrawn
from all territories under the occupation. I applauded the
initiatives
of the Council of Europe and the statement of the USA administration.
He emphasized that Azerbaijan which locates geographically in a
region
between Russia and Iran, is an important ally of the USA in the
struggle of terrorism.
On the other hand, Azerians who live in Canada applied to the German,
French, Sweden and Jews communities who live in this country and
asked
them to support to negotiate the issue of the Hocali genocide in
Canadian official bodies and the Parliament in Ottawa.
Aslan Halidi, the president of The Strategic Research Center of
"Uyanis" (Resurgence), said that the application was taken a positive
reaction from German and Jews communities and in the application they
were asked to explain their opinion as a community. He expressed that
Armenian lobby group reflected the Azerbaijan-Armenian conflict in
Ottawa as a war between Muslims and Christians; the Canadian
Parliament will reply the application on which the issue will be
negotiated as soon as possible and these applications are under the
examination. Halidi also said that various commemoration ceremonies
regarding Hocali genocide will be organized in Ottawa and will be
distributed materials to Canadian people regarding Armenian cruelty.
On the other hand, the Southern Azerians who live in Iran applied to
the Tehran municipality and asked permission to organize a protest in
front of Armenian Embassy on 26 February with the reason of Hocali
genocide. The Southern Azerians expressed that even if the protest
will not be permitted, the protest will be organized in every
condition.
Azerian people who live in Azerbaijan and in Diaspora called on that
Hocali genocide should be recognized, their violated rights should be
returned to them and those who violated these rights should be
punished, those who related to these actions should be sanctioned and
the foreign states, banks and persons, that seized properties of
people who were exposed the genocide should be undertaken material
responsibility.