From the speech of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the opening of the Guba genocide memorial – Guba, September 18, 2013
…Those who committed the Khojaly genocide are represented in the Armenian leadership today.
…Those who committed the Khojaly genocide are represented in the Armenian leadership today.
…Currently, the world’s biggest number of refugees per capita is registered in Azerbaijan. We have over a million refugees and IDPs who can’t return home because of the ongoing Armenian aggression.
…Over the past two centuries, the Armenian bigots, in an effort to materialize their dream of “Great Armenia” at the expense of the historical Azerbaijani lands, have repeatedly committed crimes against humanity, such as terrorism, mass extermination, deportation and ethnic cleansing of our people. However, the Khojaly genocide, which occurred in the late 20th century right in front of the eyes of the entire world, was distinguished for the particular brutality and ruthlessness and has become the bloodiest page of this aggressive policy. The political and legal responsibility for this grave crime rests directly on them and current leaders of Armenia, on the separatist Mountainous Garabagh regime.
…The Khojali genocide is one of the most horrific and heinous crimes of the 20th century. It has exposed the monstrous and ugly face of the Armenian fascism. Unfortunately, the Armenians in the world, their foreign benefactors and the Armenian lobby have been hushing up the truth about Khojaly for many years.
…The Azerbaijani people have also faced such disasters throughout its history. Particularly as a result of the Armenian military aggression launched in 1988, the genocide and deportation of the Azerbaijanis, mass murders and massacres, horrible Armenian vandalism in our occupied territories, and the Khojaly genocide were witnessed by the world community, but have not yet received international legal and political recognition…
…The massacre committed in the February of 1992, will remain in history as an unparalleled act of genocide because of its brutalities. This is an incomplete list of crimes of the Armenian nationalists and their patrons against our people.