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By Sara Rajabova

Indonesia supports Azerbaijan's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Chairman of the House of Representatives of Indonesian Parliament Marzuki Alie made the remarks before members of the House, commenting on the parliament's official position regarding the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Azerbaijani embassy in Indonesia reported.

Alie said Indonesia supports Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territorial integrity and inviolability of its borders.

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict emerged in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since a lengthy war in the early 1990s that displaced over one million Azerbaijanis, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions.

The UN Security Council's four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal have not been enforced to this day.

Alie went on to say Indonesia is the supporter of the peaceful solution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the basis of UN resolutions and backs the continuation of peace talks within OSCE Minsk Group.

He added that the House of Representatives of Indonesia will not give permission to the opening of its representative office in Armenia until the resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.

Alie also said Indonesia strongly condemns the Khojaly genocide, committed by the Armenian armed forces in early 1990.

In 1992, the town of Khojaly, situated within the administrative borders of the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, came under intensive fire from the towns of Khankendi and Askeran already occupied by the Armenian armed forces. The Armenian forces, supported by the ex-Soviet 366th regiment, completed the surrounding of the town already isolated due to ethnic cleansing of the Azerbaijani population of the neighboring regions. The joint forces occupied the town, which was ruined by heavy artillery shelling.

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