Azerbaijan, Baku, April 1 / Trend T. Hajiyev /
Ukraine held an event on the Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis on March 31. The event was held in the S. Vurgun library in Kiev. The representatives of the Embassy, the Diaspora, youth and students attended it.
Advisor to the Azerbaijani Embassy in Ukraine Yegana Gavkazli told participants about the history of the genocide policy carried out by Armenians against the Azerbaijani people, the Association of Azerbaijani youth in Ukraine told Trend. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the Congress of Ukrainian Azerbaijanis Akif Gulmammadov, Habib Aliyev, Abulfez Gasimov and others. They spoke about the genocide committed by Armenians against Azerbaijanis from 1914 to 1918 in Guba, Baku, Zangezur, Shamakhi and Nakhchivan.
The Armenian Dashnaks, who seized power under Stepan Shaumyan's leadership in March 1918, cruelly killed tens of thousands of civilian Azerbaijanis in Baku, Shamakhi, Guba, Khachmaz, Lankaran, Hajigabul, Salyan, Zangezur, Karabakh, Nakhchivan and other areas. According to official sources, as a result of the genocide about 12,000 Azerbaijanis were killed, while tens of thousands went missing.
