Azerbaijan commemorates 100th anniversary of genocide

By Yi Whan-woo

Azerbaijan commemorated the 100th anniversary of a massacre by Armenians and adopted a statement accordingly, the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Korea said Friday.

Citing the statement released by the country's foreign ministry, the embassy said the Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis in Baku in March 1918 “raises the awareness of the world community to the facts of the massacre and ethnic cleansing of Azerbaijanis in the past and present.”

“We strongly condemn the deliberate and continued policy of genocide, crimes against humanity, racial discrimination and ethnic cleansing of Armenia against the people of Azerbaijan and reiterate the importance of ceasing impunity of Armenia to prevent occurrence of such inhumane crimes,” the embassy said.