Azerbaijanis perpetrated massacres and deports of Armenians in three stages in 20th century. The period was put in January 1990, RA Public Council member Vladimir Movsisyan stated at the Jan. 19 seminar at the RA National Academy of Sciences (NAS).

According to him, Azerbaijan’s policy was carried out in two strands. All was done for deportation of Armenians from Azerbaijan with parallel increase of Azerbaijani ethnic presence in Armenia. Movsisyan underlined that 368 000 Armenians were deported from Azerbaijan in 1988-1990 years, whereas 168 000 Azerbaijanis left Armenia.

The Director of Institute of History at the RA NAS Ashot Melkonyan underlined that exhilarated of success Armenian side buried in oblivion conveying the truth about Armenian Genocide to international community. Azerbaijan neglected no minute to take advantage of this fact, misleading into the developments occurred.

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