The Mexican Senate has recognized as genocide the Khojaly
massacre committed by Armenians against Azerbaijanis during the
Karabakh war in 1992.
Armenian armed forces on February 25-26, 1992 attacked
Azerbaijani civilians in Khojaly, a town located in Azerbaijan’s
Nagorno Karabakh region. As a result of their actions, which were
recognized by the international community as genocide, hundreds of
people were killed merely because of their ethnic background, the
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said Tuesday with reference to the
Mexican Senate’s decision.
613 people were brutally killed in the attack, including 106
women, 63 children and 70 elderly. 1,275 were taken captives, while
487 became handicapped and 190 went missing.
The Mexican legislature called for a return of the Azerbaijanis
displaced during the 1990s war with Armenia to their homes in the
territories which have since been under Armenian occupation. The
IDPs and refugees’ return, it said, is to comply with the process
of settling the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and with the gist of the
Madrid principles, a peace outline proposed by OSCE mediators.