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Erdoğan and Aliyev lay wreaths at Khojaly Genocide Memorial
President Erdoğan visited the Khojaly Genocide Memorial in Azerbaijan with Aliyev during his visit to the country. The two leaders then laid wreaths at the Victory Memorial in Khankendi.
The Turkiye Times Editorial DeskUpdated:
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited the Khojaly Genocide Memorial in the city of Khojaly with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev during his visit to Azerbaijan for November 8 Victory Day. The Azerbaijani Presidency said the two leaders laid wreaths at the memorial.
Photographs released by the Azerbaijani Presidency show Erdoğan praying after laying the wreath, touring the museum at the memorial site with Aliyev and signing the guestbook. The date of the massacre, "26.02.1992," is displayed on the wall at the entrance to the memorial.
According to official Azerbaijani figures, 613 civilians were killed and 1,275 people were taken hostage in the massacre that took place in Khojaly on the night of February 25-26, 1992. Azerbaijan commemorates those who lost their lives in the massacre every year on February 26.
After their visit to Khojaly, Erdoğan and Aliyev also visited the Victory Memorial in Khankendi and laid a wreath. Earlier in the day, the two leaders held an official welcoming ceremony, a one-on-one meeting and a joint news conference in Shusha, and posed for a commemorative photograph in front of Shusha Fortress.
Erdoğan prays at Victory Memorial in Khankendi
AA reported that Erdoğan proceeded to the Victory Memorial in Khankendi with Aliyev after his program in Khojaly. Erdoğan laid a wreath, prayed for the martyrs and received information about the memorial. The Azerbaijani Presidency also announced that the two leaders had laid wreaths at the memorial.
AA footage shows Azerbaijani honor guard soldiers carrying to the memorial a wreath decorated with a ribbon reading "President of the Republic of Türkiye." Erdoğan adjusted the wreath's ribbon, while Aliyev pointed out the inscriptions on the memorial's steps and briefed Erdoğan. During the visit, which took place in the rain, the two leaders walked side by side under umbrellas at the memorial site.
Aliyev had also delivered his Victory Day message in the morning from in front of this second Victory Arch built in Khankendi, noting that the chronology of the 44-day war appears on each step of the arch's staircase.
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