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Azerbaijani House, the Coordination Center of Azerbaijanis in Germany and the German-Azerbaijani Youth Association have held a joint protest in the centre of Berlin in front of the Brandenburg Gate in connection with the Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis, according to the State Committee for Work with the Diaspora.

The action participants distributed leaflets reflecting the truth about the events of March 31 and informed local residents and tourists about this bloody incident. A statement condemning the crimes of Armenian nationalists against Azerbaijanis was read at the end of the event.

Following the protest rally, a ceremony of remembrance was held in the Azerbaijani House in Berlin with the support of the Azerbaijani embassy in Germany. Participants of the ceremony remembered the bloody pages of history of Azerbaijan and discussed ways to strengthen the advocacy of the Diaspora.

Earlier, the European Azerbaijanis Congress adopted the appeal in connection with the Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis addressed to the speaker of the German Bundestag Norbert Lammert and the head of the Department of Human Rights of the European Parliament Barbara Lohbiler.

On March 1918, the Armenian Dashnaks led by Stepan Shaumyan committed the ruthless act of genocide against the Azerbaijani people. According to the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), 700,000 people fell victims of the genocide in Azerbaijan within several days in 1918, starting March 24. As a result, 75 villages in Shamakhi, 122 in Guba and 115 in Zangezur were completely destroyed.