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The delegation of the youth wing of the Republican Party of Armenia was having a study visit in Germany from 16 to 22 February, which was organized by the "Konrad Adenauer" Foundation. The visit was aimed at studying the system of the government administration in Germany.

In the frameworks of the program the young people attended the legislative and executive bodies, met with several officials, the press office of the Youth Organization of RPA reported.

The members of the Armenian delegation repeatedly prevented the attempts of the Azerbaijani delegation to spread misinformation, including distorted facts about Aghdam events that took place in 1992. The Young Republicans presented the real facts, as well as the official disposition of Armenia on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement process.

The Republicans have also met their counterparts at the European People's Party (EPP) - the representatives of the Christian Democratic Party of Germany. During the meeting they discussed the further development of the Eastern Partnership, forecasts over the upcoming pan-European elections and the processes of preparatory work.

On February 26, 1992, during the war in Karabakh, around 200 to 300 people (according to Human Rights Watch, and 600 according to the version propagated by Azerbaijan) were killed in unknown circumstances near the city of Aghdam. They have been deliberately withheld by the Azerbaijani authorities in the midst of the military actions. Population of the village of Khojalu, which was one of the firing points shooting at the blockaded Stepanakert (among five others) was kept in the village for months by force and was not evacuated by the authorities of Azerbaijan deliberately, in order to use them as human shields later.

Residents of Khojalu coming out through the humanitarian corridor, that the self-defense forces of NKR had left open, freely passed more than 10 km and reached the Aghdam city controlled by the Azerbaijani troops. Later, not far from the positions of Azerbaijani troops dead bodies of the villagers were found. The exact death toll remains unknown as the official Baku publishes data contradicting each other. Parliamentary Commission investigating the tragic death of the civilians at Aghdam city was dissolved by the order of Heydar Aliyev, the investigative materials are kept secret.

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