The U.S. state of Connecticut recognizes the Khojaly events

Legislative Assembly of the U.S. state of Connecticut passed a resolution recognizing the Khojaly massacre. The text of the document was passed on May 8 the counselor of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in the United States, Mamed Talibov, by the Senator Andrew Maynard and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the State, Kevin Ryan, at the 3rd Annual Turkic Day at the State Capitol held in Hartford city of  Connecticut, according to the Azerbaijani embassy in Washington.

A resolution recognizing the Khojaly events  was adopted by the lawmakers  of the U.S. states of Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Maine, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Tennessee.

In addition,  the Khojali events  were recognized also by the parliaments of Mexico and Pakistan.

* On the night of February 25 to 26 the Armenian armed forces with the support of 366 infantry regiment of the Russian army seized the Khojaly  city populated  with Azerbaijanis. The military operation was accompanied by massacres of civilians; 613 people were killed, 487 people  were wounded, 1275  were captured, the fate of many of them is still unknown.—06D-

 

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