Hearings on pogroms in Azerbaijan’s Sumgait launched in Armenian parliament
22.02.2018,
12:29
Hearings on Armenian pogroms in Azerbaijan’s Sumgait began at the Armenian National Assembly on Thursday at the initiative of the committee on foreign relations.
YEREVAN, February 22. /ARKA/. Hearings on Armenian pogroms in Azerbaijan’s Sumgait began at the Armenian National Assembly on Thursday at the initiative of the committee on foreign relations.
On February 26 to 29, 1988, authorities-backed mass pogroms and atrocities against Armenians were committed in Sumgain, a city in Azerbaijan.
According to the official reports, 27 Armenians were killed and hundreds injured in these pogroms. As many as 14,000 Armenians fled their homes in Sumgait.
Anti-Armenian pogroms took place also in other cities of Azerbaijan. In January 1990 they were raging also in Baku.
As a result, more than 360,000 refugees from Azerbaijan’s different cities have come to Armenia over a period between 1988 and 1992. Other 140,000 ethnic Armenians migrated to other countries.
Armen Ashotyan, head of the parliamentary committee, said earlier that the aim of these hearings is to inform the international community about the bloody events of those days and about the state policy pursued by Azerbaijan.
Armenian lawmakers and representatives of many nongovernmental organizations will speak at the session. --0--
On February 26 to 29, 1988, authorities-backed mass pogroms and atrocities against Armenians were committed in Sumgain, a city in Azerbaijan.
According to the official reports, 27 Armenians were killed and hundreds injured in these pogroms. As many as 14,000 Armenians fled their homes in Sumgait.
Anti-Armenian pogroms took place also in other cities of Azerbaijan. In January 1990 they were raging also in Baku.
As a result, more than 360,000 refugees from Azerbaijan’s different cities have come to Armenia over a period between 1988 and 1992. Other 140,000 ethnic Armenians migrated to other countries.
Armen Ashotyan, head of the parliamentary committee, said earlier that the aim of these hearings is to inform the international community about the bloody events of those days and about the state policy pursued by Azerbaijan.
Armenian lawmakers and representatives of many nongovernmental organizations will speak at the session. --0--
