Speeches by Elmira Suleymanova and Havva Mammadova were added
Azerbaijan, Baku, April 24 /Trend, A.Huseynbala/
A documentary film "Genocide: BAKU" was presented in Azerbaijan.
"Based on historical documents and facts, the film tells about the genocide committed by Armenians in Baku in 1918. Furthermore, the film describes the fate of people who lost relatives and friends at that time, and witnesses to these events," chief advisor of the documentary film "Genocide: Baku", MP Ganira Pashayeva, said during the presentation at Film Studio "Azerbaijanfilm" on April 24.
Pashayeva said that describing the opinions of the witnesses of the bloody events is very important for the international community.
"The International Eurasian Research Institute Public Union, which prepared the film, plans to distribute this amongst Azerbaijanis, residing abroad," said the chief advisor of the documentary film. She thinks it is very important for world Azerbaijani to know these facts.
"After this, they will have an opportunity to conduct stronger propaganda about genocide committed by the Armenians against the Azerbaijanis," the MP said.
Pashayeva said that every year on April 24, the Armenians makes claims on so-called "genocide".
"We have always been with Turkey in order to prove that these claims are fiction. When U.S. Congress made a decision on so-called "genocide", the Azerbaijani Parliament gave immediate reaction to this, strictly protesting against this. Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev also had a telephone conversation with Turkish President Abdullah Gul, expressing protest on behalf of Azerbaijan. I every Azerbaijani citizen must do so. The Azerbaijanis residing abroad and the diasporas must particularly be active," Pashayeva said.
The MP said that the film is planned to be displayed on the Azerbaijani TV channels. "With the help of state and non-governmental organizations, diaspora organizations, the International Eurasian Research Institute starts to distribute the film amongst the Azerbaijanis, residing abroad, and the international community," she said.
Pashayeva said that the public union prepares English and Russian versions of the film. There are plans to present the film in foreign language in the U.S., some countries in Europe and the CIS.
Earlier, International Eurasian Research Institute Public Union has prepared and presented in Azerbaijan and some other countries the documentary film "Genocide: Guba" in Azerbaijani and English languages. The producer of the film is Gunel Pashayeva, writer and director - Etibar Mammadov, editor - Kamala Pashayeva. The author of the scientific reviews is the doctor of historical sciences, Professor Musa Gasimov.
The Armenian Dashnaks who seized the power under Stepan Shaumyan's leadership in March 1918 cruelly killed tens of thousands of civilian Azerbaijanis in Baku, Shamakhi and other regions in March-April.
"Taking such films in Azerbaijan is very important in order to bring to international community the genocide facts committed by the Armenians against the Azerbaijanis," Ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova said.
According to Suleymanova, the Armenians have always been conducted lie propaganda that the Turks are their enemy.
"As a result, even the Armenian children claim that the Turks are their enemy. But we do not bring up our children in such an enmity spirit although the Armenians have committed genocides over centuries. And such films proving these genocides must be prepared," the Ombudsman said.
"Like early last century, in the end of the last century the Armenians again committed genocide against the Azerbaijanis, including the most horrible tragedy in Khojali," MP Havva Mammadova said, addressing the event.
She said that before Khojaly genocide, the Armenians had committed genocides in tens of villages in Nagorno-Karabakh settled by the Azerbaijanis.
"Khojali is a genocide having no analogue in the world. This genocide once again proves who the Armenians are. However, today the Armenians pursue so-called "genocide" policy," the MP said.