{"id":14233,"date":"2022-02-25T12:39:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T12:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=14233"},"modified":"2022-02-25T12:56:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T12:56:57","slug":"khojaly-genocide-remembered-in-pakistan-by-embassy-of-azerbaijan-islamabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/khojaly-genocide-remembered-in-pakistan-by-embassy-of-azerbaijan-islamabad\/","title":{"rendered":"Khojaly Genocide Remembered in Pakistan by Embassy of Azerbaijan Islamabad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Azerbaijan embassy held a seminar on \u201cGenocide and Ethnic Cleansing: A Crime against Humanity\u201d dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Khojaly Genocide in Islamabad on 24 Feb 2022. Khojali Genocide in Azerbaijan by Armenians with Russian support is being remembered in Azerbaijan and world wide including Pakistan.<\/h4>\n

Federal Minister for Food Security and Research, Syed Fakhar Imam, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Omar Ayub Khan, Ambassador of Azerbaijan H.E Khazar Farhadov, Ambassador of Turkey H.E Ihsan Mustafa Yurdakul, Vice Chancellor, Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ali Shah and Chairman MUSLIM Institute Sahibzada Sultan Ahmed Ali addressed the participants and shed light on the Genocide committed by Armenian forces.<\/h4>\n

Presence of two ministers of government of Pakistan spoke highly about how much importance Pakistan attaches to the relations with Azerbaijan.<\/h4>\n

Dean of Diplomatic Corp, Ambassador Turkmenistan, H.E Atadjan Movlamov also attended the seminar.<\/h4>\n

Syed Fakhar Imam noted, “Muslim world possess biggest sources of energy but still controlled by the others. Education and Hi-Tech expertise is important to become strong”<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

Mr. Omar Ayub Khan suggested, “We need to be self reliant and strong to avoid atrocities like khojaly ….to keep occupants away from Kashmir ….to save humanity in Serbia “<\/h4>\n
H.E Khazar Farhadov said that Azerbaijan thanks Pakistan, Turkey for support through thick and thin. He said We are Strong as We 3 are United. Armenians martyred 613 civilians in Khojaly 30 years ago…It was War Crime .. Crime against Humanity. He said that Azerbaijan supports Pakistani stand on Jammu Kashmir.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ambassador Turkey appreciated Azerbaijan for keeping the Genocide in the memories of the world by continuously highlighting it occasionally. He said that our combined efforts to call for justice will make our regions peaceful and will pave the way towards prosperity.\"\"<\/h4>\n
It was a well attended seminar in which youth was present in large number. Exhibition of photographs of atrocities of Armenian forces was part of the seminar. Different large size photographs were displayed in which the massacre incidents were highlighted. The federal ministers were taken to have a round by the Ambassador of Azerbaijan. Mr. Khazar Farhadov briefed the guest about the scenes shown in the photos.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Stalls of books and pamphlets were also attracting the participants where reading material about Azerbaijan and Khojaly Genocide was available.\"\"<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The participants observed one minute silence to pay homage to the martyrs of Khojaly.<\/h4>\n

More details were shared in a press release:<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

The speakers while recalling the history of the Genocide shared that the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh was one of the most contentious issues of the twentieth century. Armenian nationalists have been following a policy of ethnic cleansing of the Azerbaijani people for the last 200 years. From 1948-to 1953, around 150,000 Azerbaijanis were deported from Armenia. Similarly, in 1988, 250,000 Azerbaijanis were forced out from their historical territories thereby leaving Armenia a mono-ethnic state.<\/h4>\n

“The Khojaly genocide\u2013the unforgettable tragedy of the 20th century\u2013was a result of the aggressive and criminal policy of Armenia. Undoubtedly, this genocide was a historical crime against humanity. In February 1992, Armenian forces reportedly seized the Azeri-populated town of Khojaly. Armenian militants started the massacre of civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh. In this massacre 613 innocent Azerbaijanis, including 106 women and 83 children, were massacred. Eight families were exterminated. Four hundred and seventy-six people were permanently disabled.”<\/h4>\n

“A total of 1275 people were taken hostage. According to the medical examinations reported in international media, several of the victims of the massacre, including women, children, and old people were killed with unusual brutality that is even difficult to describe. Despite the Armenian occupation and genocide, the people of Azerbaijan remained steadfast, and as a result of the 2020 Armenian aggression, war broke out again and Armenia had to concede defeat after 44 days of conflict.” The speakers briefed the participants.<\/h4>\n

The speakers further said that remembering the martyrs creates stability in the nations. At the same time, the narrative of the oppressor needs to be challenged, otherwise the atrocities in Indian Illegal Occupied Kashmir, Myanmar and other regions cannot be stopped. Similarly, the perpetrators of genocide in Indian Gujarat and recent Karnataka need to be brought to justice. The speakers said that Pakistan and Azerbaijan are two brotherly Islamic countries which are closely related to each other in the spirit of Islam.<\/h4>\n

Relations between the two countries are based on mutual trust, that\u2019s why Pakistan has given full moral and diplomatic support to Azerbaijan without any interest, in the war caused by Armenia\u2019s illegal occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh. Pakistan has always supported the principle stance of Azerbaijan on Nagorno-Karabakh, that\u2019s why Pakistan has not recognized the till date.<\/h4>\n
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Islamabad- Feb. 24, 2022: Federal Minister for Food Security and Research, Mr. Syed Fakhar Imam attended a jointly organised seminar by MUSLIM Institute and the Azerbaijani Embassy on “Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing: A Crime against Humanity, the 30th Anniversary of the Khujaly genocide”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tazeen Akhtar Azerbaijan embassy held a seminar on \u201cGenocide and Ethnic Cleansing: A Crime against Humanity\u201d dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Khojaly Genocide in Islamabad on 24 Feb 2022. Khojali Genocide in Azerbaijan by Armenians with Russian support is being remembered in Azerbaijan and world wide including Pakistan. Federal Minister for Food Security and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[1710,1709,196,109,302,251,995,48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14233"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14240,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14233\/revisions\/14240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}