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Swedish Azerbaijanis Congress held a protest in front of the Armenian Embassy in Stockholm on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of Aghdam events. According to the Azerbaijani media, it was the first demonstration held in front of the building of the Armenian Embassy in that country.
However, the photos circulated evidence a small number of participants of the protest, as well as a lack of interest of the passers-by in the Azerbaijani campaign. This is not surprising, as the event was held at the weekend. 

In addition, the Azerbaijani media attempted to hide a crucial circumstance – a large number of representatives of the Armenian community in Sweden – aware of the Azerbaijanis’ campaign in advance – met the picketers with scores of flags of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. As a result, the campaign undertaken by the Azerbaijani side, soon finished.

On February 26, 1992, during the Karabakh war, 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 were deliberately withheld by the Azerbaijani authorities in the midst of the military actions. The authorities of Azerbaijan intentionally kept the population in the village for months by force and did not evacuate them in order to use them as human shields later as the village was one of the firing points for shooting at the blockaded Stepanakert (among five others).

The residents of Khojalu, coming out through the humanitarian corridor the self-defense forces of the NKR had left open, freely passed more than 10 km and reached the Aghdam city controlled by the Azerbaijani troops. Later, dead bodies of the villagers were found not far from the positions of Azerbaijani troops. 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.