Azerbaijani spokesperson calls for end of Armenian impunity for war crimes

Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aykhan Hajizada has called for an end to Armenia's impunity for committing war crimes.

“We always remember and will never forget! Armenia's impunity for committed war crimes must be ended! #NeverAgain,” the spokesperson wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter) in connection with the 31st anniversary of the massacre committed by Armenian armed in the village of Balligaya, Caliber.Az reports.

We always remember and will never forget!

Armenia's impunity for committed war crimes must be ended!#NeverAgain https://t.co/55Zq7TX1YW

— Aykhan Hajizada (@Aykhanh) August 28, 2023

The tragedy, which went down in history as the massacre in Balligaya, took place on August 28, 1992, at about 5 a.m.

As a result of the massacre, 24 peaceful Azerbaijanis were brutally killed, including 6 children, as well as a six-month-old infant, and a 93-year-old woman. The bodies of the killed children, women, and old people were burnt. Three minors were left orphans.

The Balligaya massacre is an act of terror in a series of bloody crimes, and genocides committed by the Armenian armed forces in Garadaghli village of Khojavand district, Khojaly town, Aghdaban village of Kalbajar district to exterminate the Azerbaijani population of Garabagh.