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Ukrainian Azerbaijanis call for recognition of Holodomor as genocide

10.12.2008    source: human-rights.unian.net
Members of the Board of the Representative Office of the World Congress of Azerbaijanis in Ukraine have asked the Milla Mejilis of Azerbaijan to officially recognize Holodomor as “genocide, a crime by the Soviet authorities against Ukrainians.”

Members of the Board of the Representative Office of the World Congress of Azerbaijanis in Ukraine have asked the Milla Mejilis of Azerbaijan in the 75th anniversary of the tragedy of the Ukrainian people to officially recognize Holodomor as “genocide, a crime by the Soviet authorities against Ukrainians.”

The decision was taken on Tuesday at an assembly of members with the title “Holodomor – crime against the Ukrainian people”

“The Ukrainian nation has the right to justice, and we, as representatives of an international organization are obliged to make our best contribution to support the President o Ukraine in seeking recognition at world level of the huge tragedy of Holodomor as a crime against the Ukrainian people”, the First Deputy Head of the Representative Office academician Mirshakhin Ismailov said in connection with the appeal to the Azerbaijan parliament.

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