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Khojaly tragedy commemorated at British House of Lords

26 February 2010 08:26 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. 18th anniversary of Khojaly tragedy was commemorated at the British House of Lords on February 25, Azerbaijani embassy in the United Kingdom told APA. Members of the British parliament, foreign diplomats, journalists, as well as representatives of local, Turkish and Azerbaijani communities attended the event.

Memory of the Khojaly victims was commemorated with a minute of silence. Member of the British parliament Baroness Oâ€™Cathain emphasized the importance of delivering realities of Khojaly massacre to the large community and not forgetting about the tragedy. Azerbaijani ambassador to UK Fakhraddin Gurbanov gave detailed information about the tragedy and called it a bloody crime committed not only against Azerbaijanis, but against whole humanity. He said international community should give necessary assessment to the unprecedented massacre committed by the Armenian military forces against the peaceful population and organizers of the massacre should be responsible for their crime.

Then well-known researcher-journalist, author of â€œAzerbaijani Diaryâ€ Thomas Goltz, who visited the region after the Khojaly tragedy, spoke about the events he witnessed. Goltz said Khojaly tragedy was one of the bloodiest crimes committed against the peaceful civilians and unfortunately it has not received its historic assessment yet.

The participants were informed about the international campaign â€œJustice for Khojalyâ€ and received directories and brochures about the event.