German Bundestag adopts document on Khojaly genocide

The German Bundestag has adopted a document on the Khojaly genocide and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Trend reports.

The Standing Committee on Petitions has adopted a document on the genocide and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

The document notes the importance of recognizing the bloody acts committed by Armenian armed forces against civilians in the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly on February 26, 1992, as a massacre.

The Armenian military forces carried out a massacre in Khojaly on February 26, 1992. Some 613 people were killed, including 63 children, 106 women and 70 old men. A total of 1,000 civilians were disabled. Eight families were annihilated, 130 children lost one parent and 25 lost both. Additionally, 1,275 peaceful residents were taken hostage, while the fate of 150 remains unknown.

The document, adopted by the Bundestag, called on Armenia, which alleges the perpetration of the Armenian genocide, to treat this issue of the Azerbaijani people with understanding.

Lasting peace in the region can only be achieved on the basis of historical truth, the document says.