The Pakistani Senate has recognized events in the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly in 1992 as genocide, Trend reports.
Speaking to Trend from Islamabad, Senator Haji Ghulam Ali, who initiated the resolution, said acts committed by Armenian armed forces in the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly were unanimously recognized as genocide at a meeting of the Pakistani Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Wednesday.
The resolution states that the Senate condemns the occupation of Azerbaijani lands by Armenians and the genocide committed by Armenian armed forces in Khojaly in February 1992. It confirms Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and recognizes it within internationally recognized borders.
The Senate has also asked the international community to urge Armenia to fulfill the U.N. Security Council resolutions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and to bring to justice those who perpetrated events in Khojaly.
"Pakistan will always support Azerbaijan over the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," the senator said.
The killing was carried out by Armenian military forces in Khojaly on February 26, 1992. More than 600 people were killed, including 63 children, 106 women and 70 elderly men. A total of 1,000 civilians were disabled during the genocide. Eight families were annihilated, 130 children lost one parent, and 25 lost both. Additionally, 1,275 civilians were taken hostage, while the fate of a further 150 remains unknown.
