Azerbaijani FM confident justice for Khojaly to "prevail one day"

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has expressed confidence that justice for the brutal Khojaly genocide victims will prevail one day.

He made the remarks on Twitter on the 31 anniversary of the Khojaly genocide, Caliber.Az rpeorts.

"31 years pass since horrible genocide against Azerbaijani in Khojaly. We remember with deep sorrow the victims of Khojaly Genocide, who were subjected to policy and action of mass murder, hatred and racial discrimination of Armenia. We believe one day justice will prevail," he said.

Some 613 Azerbaijanis, including 63 children, 106 women and 70 elders were brutally murdered on the ground of national identity in Khojaly in 1992.

This heinous act was preceded by a slew of others. Armenians set fire to around 20 buildings in the Baghanis-Ayrim village of Gazakh region, killing eight Azerbaijanis. A family of five, including a 39-day-old newborn, were all burnt alive.

Between June and December 1991, Armenian troops murdered 12 and wounded 15 Azerbaijanis in Khojavand region's Garadaghli and Asgaran region's Meshali villages.

Armenian military detachments bombed buses on the Shusha-Jamilli, Aghdam-Khojavand, and Aghdam-Garadaghli routes in August and September of the same year, killing 17 Azerbaijanis and injuring over 90 others.

In October and November 1991, Armenians burned, destroyed, and plundered over 30 settlements in the mountainous area of Karabakh, including Tugh, Imarat-Garvand, Sirkhavand, Meshali, Jamilli, Umudlu, Garadaghli, Karkijahan, and other significant villages.