Qatar’s newspaper “The Peninsula” has published a statement by the Azerbaijani Embassy in the country on the 27th anniversary of the Khojaly massacre.
“Twenty-seven years passed since Armenian military forces committed genocide act against peaceful inhabitants of the city of Khojaly of Azerbaijan in 1992. This genocide was committed as a part of aggression, long-lasting ethnic cleansing and genocide policy of Armenian chauvinists and their supporters against Azerbaijan, violating the norms and principles of international law, as well as the human rights and freedoms,” the statement said.
It further added: “The massacre committed in Khojaly town on the night from February 25 to 26, 1992, by the Armenian Armed Forces was one of the unprecedented events in the history of humanity due to its cruelty.