BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 24. The memory of
the Khojaly genocide victims was honored in The Hague, Netherlands,
the statement of the State Committee on Work with Diaspora of
Azerbaijan says, Trend reports.
The commemoration ceremony was organized by the
Dutch-Azerbaijani Turkish Cultural Association with the support of
the Azerbaijani Diaspora Support Fund under the State Committee on
Work with the Diaspora.
The attendees included the Dutch public representatives,
representatives of the Azerbaijani and Turkish communities in the
Netherlands, and members of the Dutch coordination of the
Coordination Council of Azerbaijanis in the Benelux countries.
The participants first laid wreaths at the Khojaly genocide
memorial in The Hague's "Nieuw Eykenduynen" cemetery and observed a
minute of silence to honor the victims.
The ceremony speakers were Azerbaijani Ambassador to the
Netherlands, Mammad Ahmadzade, Ambassador of Türkiye to the
Netherlands, Fatma Ceren Yazgan, Turkish MP Samil Ayrim, the
Executive Director of the Fund for Support to Azerbaijani Diaspora,
Akram Abdullayev, Advisor to the President of the Federation of
Turkish-Azerbaijani Associations (TADEF), Parviz Mammadzade, The
Deputy Chairman of the Hague City Municipality, Saskia Bruines, a
representative of the Foundation Interreligious Council Segbroek,
Bart ten Broek, Chairman of the Benelux Azerbaijanis Congress,
Coordinator of the Coordination Council of Azerbaijanis in the
Benelux Countries for the Netherlands, Elsevar Mammadov, and
Chairman of the Dutch-Azerbaijani Turkish Cultural Association,
Ilhan Askin, delivered speeches.
The speeches noted that although 34 years have passed since the
Khojaly genocide committed against the Azerbaijani people and
humanity as a whole on the night of February 25-26, 1992, this
tragedy has not been forgotten. The history of the massacre
committed against the civilian population that night and its
terrible consequences were discussed. It was emphasized that the
date of February 26 is written in bloody letters in the memory of
the Azerbaijani people, and the importance of giving legal and
political assessment to the Khojaly genocide was brought to
attention.
Then, an address to the participants of the event was read by
researcher and writer Henry van Rens, author of the book "Black
Clouds over Karabakh."
A short documentary film titled "The Badge of Khojaly" was
screened as part of the event. A photo exhibition dedicated to the
victims of the Khojaly genocide by students of the "Kharibulbul"
school operating under the Dutch-Azerbaijani Turkish Cultural
Association was shown, and sad music was played by kamancha player
Emin Sadigli.
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