Baku didn't ensure Azerbaijani-Armenians security
The Azeri-perpetrated ethnic cleansings of Armenians consisted of 3 stages, member of Armenia's Public Council Vladimir Movsisyan finds.
"The first stage was the 1905-1918 deportation of Armenians to Baku and Shushi. The second stage covered the Soviet years while the third stage broke out in the 1990s, resulting in the displacement of 389 thousand Armenian refugees who, according to official data, left 119 houses in Azerbaijani towns," he told Tuesday a scientific conference, adding that about 168 Azeris were officially reported to have left for Azerbaijan in early 1990s.
"Azerbaijani side currently distorts the reality, but all facts confirm that the crimes against Armenians constitute genocide. Azerbaijan has proven it doesn't ensure the security of Armenians, so those making statements on returning Karabakh to the country have what to think about," he said.
In January 1990, Azerbaijani authorities instigated the Armenian pogroms in Baku. Some 400 Armenians were killed and 200 thousand were exiled in the period of January 13-19, 1990. The exact number of those killed was never determined, as no investigation was carried out into the crimes.
On January 13, a crowd numbering 50 thousand people divided into groups and started "cleaning" the city of Armenians. On January 17, the European Parliament called on EU Council of Foreign Ministers and European Council to protect Armenians and render assistance to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. On January 18, a group of U.S. Senators sent a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev to express concerns over the violence against the Armenian population in Azerbaijan and called for unification of Nagorno Karabakh with Armenia.
"The first stage was the 1905-1918 deportation of Armenians to Baku and Shushi. The second stage covered the Soviet years while the third stage broke out in the 1990s, resulting in the displacement of 389 thousand Armenian refugees who, according to official data, left 119 houses in Azerbaijani towns," he told Tuesday a scientific conference, adding that about 168 Azeris were officially reported to have left for Azerbaijan in early 1990s.
"Azerbaijani side currently distorts the reality, but all facts confirm that the crimes against Armenians constitute genocide. Azerbaijan has proven it doesn't ensure the security of Armenians, so those making statements on returning Karabakh to the country have what to think about," he said.
In January 1990, Azerbaijani authorities instigated the Armenian pogroms in Baku. Some 400 Armenians were killed and 200 thousand were exiled in the period of January 13-19, 1990. The exact number of those killed was never determined, as no investigation was carried out into the crimes.
On January 13, a crowd numbering 50 thousand people divided into groups and started "cleaning" the city of Armenians. On January 17, the European Parliament called on EU Council of Foreign Ministers and European Council to protect Armenians and render assistance to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. On January 18, a group of U.S. Senators sent a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev to express concerns over the violence against the Armenian population in Azerbaijan and called for unification of Nagorno Karabakh with Armenia.
