Pogroms against Armenians in Baku became culmination of ethnic cleansing in Azerbaijani SSR. RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on its X microblog.
“34 years ago during these days, pogroms against Armenians in Baku became culmination of policy of forcible displacement & ethnic cleansing of Armenian population from Azerbaijani SSR. Hundreds were murdered, mutilated & disappeared, half a million became refugees,” the statement said
The RA MFA pay tribute to memory of innocent victims & stress imperative to prevent such policies & need of all the rights to be addressed.