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Horadiz villages’ liberation from Armenian invasion marked

6 January 2015 14:05 (UTC+04:00)
Horadiz villages’ liberation from Armenian invasion marked

By Sara Rajabova

January 5-6 mark the anniversary of liberation of part of Fizuli region from the Armenian occupation.

In 1994, 21 settlements and Horadiz village of Fizuli region were liberated thanks to a successful operation of the Azerbaijani armed forces.

An event, marking the occasion was held at the Flag Square in the city of Horadiz, AzerTag news agency reported.

Speakers at the event highlighted the problems of Azerbaijan in the early days of independence, Armenia`s war against the country, and occupation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, including Fuzuli region.

They said in January 1994, the Armenian armed forces` attack on Beylagan was prevented thanks to “Horadiz operation”, and the Azerbaijani army launched a counter-attack to liberate 20 villages of Fuzuli region, Horadiz settlement and Jojug Marjanli village of Jabrayil region.

The Azerbaijani army achieved this success thanks to national leader Heydar Aliyev, whose visit to the battle ground raised soldiers` moral spirits, the speakers said.

They noted that the required infrastructure has already been restored in these territories, and 16 residential areas for refugees have been built.

In the past 12 years, President Ilham Aliyev has paid five visits to Fuzuli region and signed six orders aimed at speeding up socio-economic development of the region.

As a result of Fizuli’s invasion on August 23, 1994, some 51 villages and the centre of the region were seized by the Armenians leaving more than 55,000 inhabitants displaced.

From 1988, the Fizuli region has been subjected to constant attacks by Armenians. As a result of the occupation, more than 1100 inhabitants of Fizuli were martyred, 113 - were taken prisoner and 1450 people were left disabled.

The region covers a territory from the south eastern slopes of the Karabakh Mountain range to the Araz River. It borders on the Azerbaijani regions of Khojavand, Jabrayil, Agjabadi, Beylagan and Iran along the Araz River.

The ancient historical monuments of world importance in Fizuli region were left under occupation and many of them were destructed. After invading Azerbaijan's territories, Armenia has been pursuing the campaign of ruining cultural and historical monuments of Azerbaijani people. The most famous of these monuments is the Azykh Caves, known as a living site of stone-age man.

Unfortunately, the fate of this, as well as other ancient monuments is unknown due to the Armenian occupation.

The operations section supervising the devastating effects to the environment and natural resources in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan has identified a number of facts of destruction of natural resources by Armenians in the Fuzuli region in the occupation period. Armenians cut down all the trees in the village of Dovlatyarli located in a forest zone and destroyed the green spaces along the roads in the Gochahmadli and Yaglivand villages.

Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus neighbor that caused a brutal war in the early 1990s. Long-standing efforts by U.S., Russian and French mediators have been largely fruitless so far.

As a result of the military aggression of Armenia, over 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed, 4,866 are reported missing and almost 100,000 were injured, and 50,000 were disabled.

The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been enforced to this day.

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Sara Rajabova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @SaraRajabova

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