NKR will host international conference “Azeri terror and policy of ethnic cleansing”

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Republic of Artsakh will host an international conference “Azeri terror and policy of ethnic cleansing in Karabakh”. Conference marks 90th anniversary of March 23, 1920 Shushi tragedy and 20th anniversary of Baku massacres of Armenians.



The conference aims to reveal and provide scientific grounds for mistakes of the past, come up with offers to prevent terror and ethnic cleansings in future, give political estimate of 20th century Azeri policy of pogroms in Gandzak, Nagorno Karabakh and other Transcaucasian regions.



The conference is organized by NKR Ministries of Education and Science, Culture and Youth Affairs, Artsakh State University, “Kachar” scientific center and Shoushi museum of regional studies.



Participation applications should be submitted before February 15. Conference participants’ works will be translated into Russian and English, and published based on final decision of conference board.



In January 1990, Azerbaijani authorities instigated the Armenian pogroms in Baku. Some 400 Armenians were killed and 200 thousand were exiled in the period of January 13-19. The exact number of those killed was never determined, as no investigation was carried out into the crimes.



On January 13, a crowd numbering 50 thousand people divided into groups and started “cleaning” the city of Armenians. On January 17, the European Parliament called on EU Council of Foreign Ministers and European Council to protect Armenians and render assistance to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. On January 18, a group of U.S. Senators sent a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev to express concerns over the violence against the Armenian population in Azerbaijan and called for unification of Nagorno Karabakh with Armenia.