British parliament hosts exhibition on Garabagh truth
The British parliament has hosted an exhibition
detailing the realities about Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh, an
Azerbaijani region that has been occupied by Armenia for nearly two
decades.
Some 200 photos taken by Azerbaijani and foreign photographers were displayed to draw international attention to the grave consequences of the long-standing occupation of Garabagh. Works by Mirnaib Hasanov, Elnur Babayev, Ilgar Jafarov, Frederique Lengaigne, Klaus Reisinger and Oleg Litvin showed the gruesome footage of the people killed and ousted from their homes, refugee tent-camps, the Khojaly carnage perpetrated by Armenians in 1992, destroyed monuments, and other carnage.
British MP Mike Hancock and deputy chairman of the European Azerbaijan Society, Nail Watson, were among visitors at the exhibition, organized by the European Azerbaijan Society.
Watson said the exhibition was part of his organization`s efforts to convey the truth about Garabagh to the broad public in Europe and the Americas. He emphasized that the main goal was to draw the attention of the world community to the conflict that has long remained unresolved.
"This tragedy emerged shortly after Azerbaijan gained independence and has persisted for 17 years. Western media is turning a blind eye to this situation. And the purpose of this exhibition is to provide information about this tragedy to Europe," he said.
Watson added that a documentary about the Garabagh conflict would be shot by the year-end.
Armenia and Azerbaijan waged a war over the mountainous Upper Garabagh region in the early 1990s, which claimed some 30,000 lives and displaced about one million Azerbaijanis. Armenia has been occupying over 20% of Azerbaijan`s internationally-recognized territory since then. A ceasefire accord was signed in 1994, but the OSCE-brokered peace talks have been fruitless in bring permanent peace to the region.
Some 200 photos taken by Azerbaijani and foreign photographers were displayed to draw international attention to the grave consequences of the long-standing occupation of Garabagh. Works by Mirnaib Hasanov, Elnur Babayev, Ilgar Jafarov, Frederique Lengaigne, Klaus Reisinger and Oleg Litvin showed the gruesome footage of the people killed and ousted from their homes, refugee tent-camps, the Khojaly carnage perpetrated by Armenians in 1992, destroyed monuments, and other carnage.
British MP Mike Hancock and deputy chairman of the European Azerbaijan Society, Nail Watson, were among visitors at the exhibition, organized by the European Azerbaijan Society.
Watson said the exhibition was part of his organization`s efforts to convey the truth about Garabagh to the broad public in Europe and the Americas. He emphasized that the main goal was to draw the attention of the world community to the conflict that has long remained unresolved.
"This tragedy emerged shortly after Azerbaijan gained independence and has persisted for 17 years. Western media is turning a blind eye to this situation. And the purpose of this exhibition is to provide information about this tragedy to Europe," he said.
Watson added that a documentary about the Garabagh conflict would be shot by the year-end.
Armenia and Azerbaijan waged a war over the mountainous Upper Garabagh region in the early 1990s, which claimed some 30,000 lives and displaced about one million Azerbaijanis. Armenia has been occupying over 20% of Azerbaijan`s internationally-recognized territory since then. A ceasefire accord was signed in 1994, but the OSCE-brokered peace talks have been fruitless in bring permanent peace to the region.
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