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By Nazrin Gadimova

An exhibition of artworks by a number of Azerbaijani artists and a French artist will be held on the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the Khojaly genocide.

The exhibition will be held at Baku's Natavan gallery on February 26.

The event has been organized by Arts Council of Azerbaijan with the support of Azerbaijan's Culture and Tourism Ministry and the State Historical Architecture Reserve "Icherisheher" under the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan.

The event will showcase the works of Azerbaijani artists Intigam Agayev, Imran Mekhtiyev, Ruslan Kovalev, Eldar Babazade, Vugar Guliyev, Nurbaniz Mardiyeva, Aydin Asgarov, Mirazera Abdullayeva, Dadash Mammadov, Roza Aliyeva, Rustam Huseynov, and French artist Renaud Baltzinger.

Commemorative postcards devoted to the Khojaly tragedy will also be presented at the exhibition. The exhibition will run two days. Entrance is free.

In 1992, the town of Khojaly, the second largest town in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, came under intensive fire from the towns of Khankendi and Askeran which were already occupied by the Armenian armed forces.

613 civilians including 106 women, 70 elderly, and 83 children were killed in the massacre. Meanwhile, a total of 1,000 civilians were disabled. Eight families were exterminated, 25 children lost both their parents, and 130 children lost one parent. Moreover, 1,275 innocent people were taken hostage, and the fate of 150 of them remains unknown.