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By Sara Rajabova

Armenia should pay $300 billion to Azerbaijan in compensation for the damage it caused by the occupation of Nagorno Karabakh, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Indonesian Parliament Marzuki Alie said.

He made the statement during his meeting with Vice President of International Students Association of Indonesia, Azerbaijani student Elmar Iskandarov, AzerTag news agency reported.

He said his country supports the internationally recognized territorial integrity and inviolability of borders of Azerbaijan.

Chairman of State Committee on Deals of Refugees and IDPs, Ali Hasanov said earlier the material damage inflicted on Azerbaijan as a result of occupation of its territories by Armenia has exceeded $300 billion so far.

Alie further said basing on Indonesia's position in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and Khojaly genocide, the Indonesian Parliament, the first commission of the parliament's House of Representatives and leaders of the House of Representatives have already addressed the Indonesian Government to postpone the opening of the Armenian Embassy in Jakarta.

He said Armenia's plans to open the embassy in Indonesia in 2014 will not change the right position of Indonesia on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Khojaly Genocide.

Alie also added that Khojaly tragedy, committed by the Armenian armed forces in early 1990s, is in the focus of his attention.

"Maybe, a lot of people don't remember or are unaware of what happened in Khojaly town. In order to prevent such a tragedy in future, the perpetrators of Khojaly tragedy must stand trial," he said.

Armenian armed forces, supported by the ex-Soviet 366th regiment massacred Azerbaijani population in Khojaly 1992, which claimed the life of 613 civilians, including 106 women, 70 elderly, and 83 children. 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.

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.