On February 28, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan paid tribute on the heights of Tsitsernakaberd to the memory of the innocent victims of the crime committed in the city of Sumgait on February 27-29, 1988. This was reported by Armenpress.
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, Secretary of the Security Council Armen Grigoryan, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Artak Davtyan, Acting Chief of Police Arman Sargsyan, and other high-ranking officials.
It should be noted that February 28 marks the 32nd anniversary of the brutal massacre and displacement carried out at the state level by Soviet Azerbaijan.
During the period of February 27-29, 1988, in the city of Sumgait in Soviet Azerbaijan, massacres and mass displacement of the city’s Armenian population were organized at the state level by the Azerbaijani authorities.
On February 29, Soviet troops entered Sumgait, but violence and killings continued that day as well. The army resorted to decisive action only in the evening and prevented further massacres.
Although the international community has not yet recognized the Sumgait crime as genocide, it has been condemned by the European Parliament (1988), the US Senate (1989), and the Argentine Parliament.
