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Envoy: Israel stands "shoulder to shoulder" with Azerbaijani people

26 February 2020 18:27 (UTC+04:00)
Envoy: Israel stands "shoulder to shoulder" with Azerbaijani people

By Trend

Israel stands shoulder to shoulder with the people of Azerbaijan, Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan George Deek tweeted, Trend reports.

“Israel stands shoulder to shoulder with the people of Azerbaijan both in happy days and in sad ones,” Deek wrote. “Today I attended the event dedicated to the 28th anniversary of Khojaly tragedy to commemorate the victims.”

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding regions.

During the Karabakh war, on Feb. 25-26, 1992, the Armenian armed forces, together with the 366th infantry regiment of Soviet troops, stationed in Khankendi, committed an act of genocide against the population of the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly. As many as 613 people, including 63 children, 106 women and 70 old people were killed in the massacre. Eight families were totally exterminated, 130 children lost one parent and 25 children lost both. Some 1,275 innocent residents were taken hostage, while the fate of 150 people still remains unknown.

The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from Nagorno Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

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