YEREVAN, APRIL 10, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan has spoken on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the tragedy of Maraga. As “Armenpress” was informed from the press service of MFA Armenia, Shavarsh Kocharyan said, “This day symbolizes one of the darkest but not so well-known pages of Karabakh war when 25 years ago the Azerbaijani side grossly violated the international humanitarian law.

The OMON forces of Azerbaijan destroyed and burned down Maraga village of self-determined Republic of Artsakh on April 10, 1992, burned alive and cruelly tortured to death the civilian population taking some of them hostage, while the fate of some is still unknown.

The residents of the village that appeared under Azerbaijani control for a few hours lived through all the violence and barbarism that are really in line with all the criteria of crime against humanity.

Impunity of Maraga massacre fostered the creation of atmosphere of permissiveness and the continuation of carrying out new crimes. The barbaric measures taken by the Azerbaijani armed forces during the aggression against Artsakh last year are the undeniable evidences of that”.