KHOJALY VICTIMS REMEMBERED IN ST. PETERSBURG

St. Petersburg, 27 February (AzerTAc). The 17th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide was commemorated in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The event started with drawing exhibition called “Khojaly in children`s eyes”.

The exhibition was followed by a documentary developed by the Heydar Aliyev
Foundation.
Speakers, including chairman of Azerbaijanis` national-cultural autonomy in St.
Petersburg and representative of the Baku State University called the Khojaly
genocide ‘the most terrible tragedy of 20th century.’
Azerbaijan`s Consul General Gudsi Osmanov presented a website of the “Justice for
Khojaly” campaign (www.justiceforkhojaly.orq) initiated by chief Coordinator on
Intercultural Dialogue of OIC Youth Forum Mrs. Leyla Aliyeva.
Honorable guest of the event, academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
and author of the book “Bloody Maelstrom of Karabakh” Yuri Pompeyev said the Khojaly
genocide was a planned massacre of Armenians.
The commemorative event was demonstrated on one of St. Petersburg`s influential
channels REN-TV.
A newspaper “Vecherny Peterburg” published an article covering the 17th anniversary
of the Khojaly genocide.