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Moldovan Parliamentary Advocate cries at meeting with her Azerbaijani counterpart

01 November 2013 10:15 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Gulnar Bashirova - APA. Azerbaijani Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson) Elmira Suleymanova and Moldovan Parliamentary Advocate Aurelia Grigoriu met in Baku. APA reports that Suleymanova spoke about Grigoriu’s speech at the Armenian Parliament and thanked her for the courageous speech. She also expressed pleasure with her counterpart’s visit to Azerbaijan and said that Azerbaijan is her homeland as well.

Speaking about her speech at the Armenian Parliament, Grigoriu got excited and couldn’t help crying: “I don’t even want to remember those days. It was a very difficult time. However, I don’t repent. Khojaly tragedy is our tragedy. We shouldn’t remain silent. What comes to mind when you think of 1992? The tragedy of humanity. My speech about the realities of Khojaly caused a noise at the Armenian Parliament. Many of the participants were unaware of it and they thanked me. The media representatives asked me how I could make that speech. I said that we should do it. It is the fact that Karabakh belongs to Azerbaijan and currently it is occupied by the Armenians. I think that culprits of Khojaly tragedy should appear before the court and justice should triumph.”

At the end of the meeting, Grigoriu was awarded with an honorary medal for her courage and protecting human rights.