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NKR National Assembly adopts statement on Sumgayit anniversary

Lusine Avanesyan
Public Radio of Armenia
Stepanakert

The factions and groups of the National Assembly of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic adopted a joint statement on the 26th anniversary of Armenian massacres in the Azerbaijani city of Sumgayit. The statement notes that the decision of the Regional Council of People’s Deputies of February 20, 1988, was a “justified legal step targeted at restoring justice, which derived from the spirit of the policy of reconstruction that started in the USSR from 1985.”

On February 20, 1988, the People’s Deputies made a decision at extraordinary session of the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Republic Council to appeal to the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijani SSR for secession, to the Supreme Soviet of Armenian SSR for unification, and to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to approve this act based upon the existing legal norms and the precedence of resolving similar disputes in the USSR.

“In response to the righteous aspirations of the Artsakh Armenians, the Azerbaijani authorities organized and perpetrated the severe massacre and deportation of the Armenian population of Sumgayit from February 27 to 29,” the statement reads.

Condemning the Sumgayit crimes, the political forces represented in the NKR National Assembly draw the attention of the international community to the ongoing anti-Armenian policy of Azerbaijan, which hinders the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship to establish lasting peace in the region.

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