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PSAA: AGHDAM EVENTS A SYMPTOMATIC EXAMPLE OF THE AZERBAIJANI AUTHORITIES' FALSIFICATION POLICY
14:52 25.02.2014
On February 22, 2014, an enlarged session of the Board of Political
Science Association of Armenia (PSAA) was held on the Azerbaijani
falsifications of the Aghdam events (Khojalu provocation) of February
26, 1992, at the Drastamat Kanayan Institute for National Strategic
Studies of the Ministry of Defense, RA. The Chairman of the PSAA,
Doctor of Political Science Hayk Kotanjian headed the Session. At
the session the PSAA made the following announcement on "The Aghdam
Events (Khojalu Provocation) a Symptomatic Example of the Azerbaijani
Authorities' Falsification Policy".
"On February 26, 1992, the Aghdam events took place, which are
presented by the Azerbaijani side as the "Khojalu massacre", during
which a group of inhabitants of Khojalu was cold-bloodedly shot
down by the Azerbaijani paramilitary forces in the territories under
their control.
Aiming to overthrow President Mutalibov, the oppositional Popular
Front of Azerbaijan used the Karabakh troops' forced operation to
suppress the Azerbaijani forces' Khojalu-stationed weapon emplacements
regularly shelling the Armenian-populated Stepanakert and surrounding
villages. President Mutalibov personally testified it in his interview
to the Russian "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" in 1992.
Prior to the operation, the Karabakh side abiding by the norms of
humanitarian law informed Khojalu authorities of the planned operation
and of a safe humanitarian corridor left for the evacuation of the
Azerbaijani population.
Right after the tragic events in the Azerbaijani-controlled
territories, the Azerbaijani journalist Chingiz Mustafayev photographed
and video-recorded the corpses, which were not mutilated.
Meanwhile, on the photos taken by the same Mustafayev two days later,
these people were already scalped, and their bodies were mutilated -
to demonstrate the Armenians' "cruelty and inhumanity". The existing
irrefutable facts prove that the Karabakh side did not have a physical
access to those territories where the people were killed, and later
on their corpses mutilated. It is symptomatic, that Mustafayev having
witnessed the horrific crime died a few months later in circumstances
not clarified yet in the vicinity of the same Aghdam during his
journalistic investigation of the villainous Aghdam events.
After the takeover of power in Baku in 1992, following the Aghdam
provocation, the new leadership of Azerbaijan, with Abulfaz Elchibey
at the helm, tried hard to hush up the heinous crime committed by
itself against the citizens of Khojalu, and initiated a targeted
falsification of events presenting its own provocation as a "massacre"
of civilian population organized by the Karabakh forces. The official
Azerbaijan continues this policy to this day.
By means of the vicious propaganda of the "Khojalu events" the
Azerbaijani authorities try to harm the international reputation of the
two Armenian states, as well as to impose a distorted picture of events
on the young generation, thereby favoring Armenophobia and xenophobia.
Considering the fact of the Turkish-Azerbaijani tandem's activated
propaganda, in particular, the presentation of the myth about the
"Khojalu massacre" in the run-up to the 100th Anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide, the Political Science Association of Armenia
strictly condemns the malicious policy of distorting the facts
connected with this tragedy urging the international community not
to succumb to the falsifications of Baku and Ankara authorities. The
Political Science Association of Armenia calls the international
community to prevent the distortion of the historical truth.
The Political Science Association of Armenia also appeals to the
honest Azerbaijanis to impartially assess the historical facts and
not to fall for the Aliyev regime's xenophobic policy."
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/02/25/psaa-aghdam-events-a-symptomatic-example-of-the-azerbaijani-authorities-falsification-policy/
From: Baghdasarian
14:52 25.02.2014
On February 22, 2014, an enlarged session of the Board of Political
Science Association of Armenia (PSAA) was held on the Azerbaijani
falsifications of the Aghdam events (Khojalu provocation) of February
26, 1992, at the Drastamat Kanayan Institute for National Strategic
Studies of the Ministry of Defense, RA. The Chairman of the PSAA,
Doctor of Political Science Hayk Kotanjian headed the Session. At
the session the PSAA made the following announcement on "The Aghdam
Events (Khojalu Provocation) a Symptomatic Example of the Azerbaijani
Authorities' Falsification Policy".
"On February 26, 1992, the Aghdam events took place, which are
presented by the Azerbaijani side as the "Khojalu massacre", during
which a group of inhabitants of Khojalu was cold-bloodedly shot
down by the Azerbaijani paramilitary forces in the territories under
their control.
Aiming to overthrow President Mutalibov, the oppositional Popular
Front of Azerbaijan used the Karabakh troops' forced operation to
suppress the Azerbaijani forces' Khojalu-stationed weapon emplacements
regularly shelling the Armenian-populated Stepanakert and surrounding
villages. President Mutalibov personally testified it in his interview
to the Russian "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" in 1992.
Prior to the operation, the Karabakh side abiding by the norms of
humanitarian law informed Khojalu authorities of the planned operation
and of a safe humanitarian corridor left for the evacuation of the
Azerbaijani population.
Right after the tragic events in the Azerbaijani-controlled
territories, the Azerbaijani journalist Chingiz Mustafayev photographed
and video-recorded the corpses, which were not mutilated.
Meanwhile, on the photos taken by the same Mustafayev two days later,
these people were already scalped, and their bodies were mutilated -
to demonstrate the Armenians' "cruelty and inhumanity". The existing
irrefutable facts prove that the Karabakh side did not have a physical
access to those territories where the people were killed, and later
on their corpses mutilated. It is symptomatic, that Mustafayev having
witnessed the horrific crime died a few months later in circumstances
not clarified yet in the vicinity of the same Aghdam during his
journalistic investigation of the villainous Aghdam events.
After the takeover of power in Baku in 1992, following the Aghdam
provocation, the new leadership of Azerbaijan, with Abulfaz Elchibey
at the helm, tried hard to hush up the heinous crime committed by
itself against the citizens of Khojalu, and initiated a targeted
falsification of events presenting its own provocation as a "massacre"
of civilian population organized by the Karabakh forces. The official
Azerbaijan continues this policy to this day.
By means of the vicious propaganda of the "Khojalu events" the
Azerbaijani authorities try to harm the international reputation of the
two Armenian states, as well as to impose a distorted picture of events
on the young generation, thereby favoring Armenophobia and xenophobia.
Considering the fact of the Turkish-Azerbaijani tandem's activated
propaganda, in particular, the presentation of the myth about the
"Khojalu massacre" in the run-up to the 100th Anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide, the Political Science Association of Armenia
strictly condemns the malicious policy of distorting the facts
connected with this tragedy urging the international community not
to succumb to the falsifications of Baku and Ankara authorities. The
Political Science Association of Armenia calls the international
community to prevent the distortion of the historical truth.
The Political Science Association of Armenia also appeals to the
honest Azerbaijanis to impartially assess the historical facts and
not to fall for the Aliyev regime's xenophobic policy."
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/02/25/psaa-aghdam-events-a-symptomatic-example-of-the-azerbaijani-authorities-falsification-policy/
From: Baghdasarian