In the framework of the campaign “Justice for Khodjaly” the Dutch Parliament received queries regarding the 20th anniversary of the Khodjaly tragedy, and the document, signed by a million citizens of the country, demanding recognition of the Khodjaly tragedy as genocide, Trend reports with reference to the Azerbaijani Embassy in the Netherlands.
Members of the campaign "Justice for Khodjaly", which operates in the Netherlands, " Dutch Society of Friends of Azerbaijan", and other activists of the Azerbaijani diaspora, met with the head of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Parliament of the Netherlands Nebahat Albayrak MP, with the secretary of the commission Wang Tuuri, representative of the Labour Party of the Netherlands Jeroen de Langeais MP, and representative of the Christian Democrat Party Coskun Geruz MP.
Chairman of the local coordinating committee campaign "Justice for Khodjaly", national hero of the Netherlands, knight of the Royal Order of Orange-Nassau, Geert Van Dam, providing detailed information about the events in Khodjaly, demanded punishment for those responsible for an international crime that was committed by Armenians against Azerbaijani civilians 20 years ago, and expressed the hope that this tragedy will be included on the agenda of the Dutch Parliament. At the end of the speech, Geert Van Dam, presenting the parliamentarians with the book "Karabakh", asked the Dutch Parliament and the Netherlands’ public to support the restoration of justice, based on European values, in regards to the Khodjaly genocide.
Since historians had not proved the century-old unknown events associated with the Armenians, the Netherlands and the international community must give a legal and political evaluation of the proven atrocities committed 20 years ago in Khodjaly, the executive director of the “Azerbaijan Society of Friends of the Netherlands”, Marion van der Vegt, told the meeting.
Gert van Dam and Marion van der Vegt presented the document with the collected signatures "One million signatures - one wish", which demands the political and legal assessment of the Khodjaly genocide. They expressed the hope that Nagorno-Karabakh and other Azerbaijani territories occupied by Armenia will be liberated and that the Dutch Parliament will contribute to the restoration of peace and human rights in the region.
