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VICTIMS OF ARMENIAN POGROMS IN SUMGAIT REMEMBERED IN FRANCE
PanARMENIAN.Net
02.03.2010 16:59 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ At the initiative of the Embassy of Armenia
in France, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Artsakh (NKR) in
France and French-Armenian organizations a series of events have
been organized on the 22-year anniversary of the Armenian pogroms in
Sumgait. According to press service of Armenian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, on February 28 Armenian churches of France served a requiem
for the innocent victims of the pogroms.
Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCOAF)
addressed a written statement to public and non-governmental bodies of
France, which says in particular that the Armenian pogroms in Sumgait
were followed by pogroms in Baku, Gandzak and Shahumian. The reports
of the French Le Monde newspaper and the text of the resolution adopted
by the European Parliament in July 1988 were attached to the letter.
In addition, on behalf of the Ambassador of Armenia in France letters
were sent to those French MEPs who supported the July resolution of
1988. They were invited to take part in scientific conference devoted
to the tragic events in Sumgait and Baku.
In his speeches the Ambassador of Armenia paid particular attention
to the crimes in Sumgait, noting that these atrocities were followed
by Azerbaijan's aggression against the people of Artsakh (NKR).
The Sumgait pogroms (also known as the Sumgait Massacre or February
Events) was an Azeri-led pogroms of the Armenian population of
Azerbaijani Sumgait from 26 to 29 February 1988. On February 27, 1988,
large mobs made up of Azeris formed into groups that went on to attack
and killed Armenians both on the streets and in their apartments.
Sumgait pogroms lasted three days and were accompanied by widespread
violence, looting and murder. Sumgait events signaled the beginning of
another unprecedented wave of anti-Armenian persecutions and violence
in Azerbaijan, a new genocide. The victims of this of anti-Armenian
persecutions and violence were Armenians of Kirovabad, Kazakhs,
Khanlar, Dashkesan, Mingechaur, Baku and other towns and villages
of Azerbaijan. This has led to floods of refugees from Azerbaijan in
Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia.
PanARMENIAN.Net
02.03.2010 16:59 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ At the initiative of the Embassy of Armenia
in France, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Artsakh (NKR) in
France and French-Armenian organizations a series of events have
been organized on the 22-year anniversary of the Armenian pogroms in
Sumgait. According to press service of Armenian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, on February 28 Armenian churches of France served a requiem
for the innocent victims of the pogroms.
Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCOAF)
addressed a written statement to public and non-governmental bodies of
France, which says in particular that the Armenian pogroms in Sumgait
were followed by pogroms in Baku, Gandzak and Shahumian. The reports
of the French Le Monde newspaper and the text of the resolution adopted
by the European Parliament in July 1988 were attached to the letter.
In addition, on behalf of the Ambassador of Armenia in France letters
were sent to those French MEPs who supported the July resolution of
1988. They were invited to take part in scientific conference devoted
to the tragic events in Sumgait and Baku.
In his speeches the Ambassador of Armenia paid particular attention
to the crimes in Sumgait, noting that these atrocities were followed
by Azerbaijan's aggression against the people of Artsakh (NKR).
The Sumgait pogroms (also known as the Sumgait Massacre or February
Events) was an Azeri-led pogroms of the Armenian population of
Azerbaijani Sumgait from 26 to 29 February 1988. On February 27, 1988,
large mobs made up of Azeris formed into groups that went on to attack
and killed Armenians both on the streets and in their apartments.
Sumgait pogroms lasted three days and were accompanied by widespread
violence, looting and murder. Sumgait events signaled the beginning of
another unprecedented wave of anti-Armenian persecutions and violence
in Azerbaijan, a new genocide. The victims of this of anti-Armenian
persecutions and violence were Armenians of Kirovabad, Kazakhs,
Khanlar, Dashkesan, Mingechaur, Baku and other towns and villages
of Azerbaijan. This has led to floods of refugees from Azerbaijan in
Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia.