Statement of Artsakh Foreign Ministry on 102nd anniversary of Armenian Massacre in Shoushi

“Today we bow our heads before the memory of the innocent victims of the Genocide of the Armenian population in the city of Shushi, carried out by the authorities of the artificially created Azerbaijan Democratic Republic 102 years ago, from March 22 to March 26, 1920. Tens of thousands of people became victims of this monstrous crime caused by Azerbaijan's expansionist aspirations - many of them were brutally murdered, the survivors were expelled from their homes. Most of the city, which was not only the capital, but also the historical and cultural center of Artsakh, was completely destroyed and lay in ruins for several decades until it was demolished by the Azerbaijani authorities in the middle of the twentieth century”, the announcement of the Artsakh Foreign Ministry says.