Azerbaijani ambassador speaks of Black January tragedy on Belarus TV channel
Azerbaijani ambassador to Belarus Isfandiyar Vahabzade has
highlighted the history of January 20, 1990 events in Baku as he
was a guest of the ONT TV channel, AzerTac state news agency
reported.
The ambassador noted the Black January victims had been
commemorated not only by Azerbaijani residents, but Azerbaijanis
throughout the world.
"20 January 1990 is a day, which went down in the history of the
struggle for the freedom and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan,
as a heroism page," he said. "Leading battle divisions of the
Soviet army aimed against wide masses who got out in the streets
and squares of Baku to protest against the aggressive actions of
Armenia, which was leveling territorial claims to our country,
against protection rendered to it by the government of the former
USSR had brought about the unprecedented tragedy in
Azerbaijan."
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