House of Representatives of Pennsylvania on March 20 adopted a resolution on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the Khojaly tragedy.
According to the Azerbaijani embassy in the U.S., the paper pays tribute to the victims of the crime committed by the Armenian armed forces in Khojaly. It states that the events in Khojaly became an integral part of the policy of military aggression and ethnic cleansing carried out by Armenian armed forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan since 1988.
The resolution also emphasizes that the Khojaly tragedy was regarded by international non-governmental organizations as a terrible tragedy, in breach of customs of war.
Earlier, similar resolutions in connection with the 21st anniversary of the Khojaly tragedy were adopted by other American states - Mississippi, Maine, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Tennessee. -06D-
Politics
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During the winter session of PACE at the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg, a "parallel event" was held on January 30 dedicated to the "alarming human rights crisis in Azerbaijan." The hearings were organized by the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and PACE member, co-chair of the Group of Unified European Left (Group of the Unified European), Spanish parliamentarian Laura Castel Fort.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that negotiations to end the war in Ukraine were underway, emphasizing his commitment to resolving the conflict but acknowledging the challenges in doing so.
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A small medical aviation aircraft, a LEAR-55, carrying six people, including crew members, crashed into a residential area in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. broadcaster CBS reported on Thursday.
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Representatives of Uzbekistan’s Department for Visa and Registration of Foreign Citizens (UVVIOG) and Azerbaijan’s State Migration Service held online negotiations to discuss the potential mutual recognition of biometric ID cards for border crossing, with participation from consular and legal departments of both countries’ foreign ministries, news agency Dunyo reported.
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