Black January victims honored in Sweden
The Azerbaijani embassy in Sweden has organized a commemorative event on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of the Black January tragedy, AzerTag state news agency reported.
The ceremony started with a minute of silence for victims of the January tragedy.
Opening the event, Ambassador Adish Mammadov highlighted the 20 January events, noting that it was the day of the unity of Azerbaijan`s people struggling for the country`s territorial integrity.
He called the tragedy one of the bloodiest crimes of the Soviet empire against its citizens.
Mammadov drew the participants`s attention to the fact that the Soviet troops had used internationally prohibited weapons in Baku, and slaughtered women, children and the elderly.
The ambassador said Azerbaijan's great son Heydar Aliyev, who then lived in Moscow, came to Azerbaijan's permanent representative office - a day after the tragedy - and strongly condemned those who committed the January massacre.
The diplomat noted that the memory of the 20 January martyrs will remain engraved on the Azerbaijani people`s minds.
The ceremony also featured demonstration of "The Path to Independence" documentary.
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