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Offered at PACE to declare occupation date of Khojaly as commemoration day of victims of hate-crimes in Europe

30 September 2014 16:40 (UTC +04:00)

Strasbourg. Fuad Gulubayli – APA. A discussion on “countering manifestation of neo-Nazism” was held on the second day of autumn plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

APA’s Europe correspondent reports that analyzing various aspects of Armenia’s anti-social policy, member of Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Rafael Huseynov stressed that this country has changed to a new terrible example of neo-Nazism: “During the Soviet period, 25-30 years ago, Armenia, which is member of PACE now, was a multi-national country. However, ethnic cleansing processes have started in Armenia since late 1980s. Firstly, over 300,000 Azerbaijanis were banished from their historical, ethnic lands where they lived thousands years. Before, Azerbaijanis had been deported from Armenia three times. As a result of latest cleansing, no Azerbaijani stood in Armenia. Thereafter, this policy was conducted against other peoples living in Armenia. Russian, Jews, Greeks, kurds and other national minorities were gradually banished from the country. And, not Armenia is a monoethnic country and unique member of the Council of Europe differing from other normal countries. Isn’t it an obvious example of racism and Nazism to conduct such policy and realize it as a state policy in the period of opening of all borders, becoming of countries and peoples closely linked/?”

Huseynov noted that it was offered to declare July 22, 2001 as a commemoration day of victims of hate-crimes in Europe: “Destruction of hundreds of innocent, civil old people, women, children by Armenian armed forces in Khojaly, on February 26, 1992 because of they are only Azerbaijanis and killing of all people of a city for their nationality is an obvious example of both old and new Nazism. Maybe it’s more acceptable to adopt 26^th February as the commemoration day of victims of hate-crimes in Europe?”