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Armenian President Armen Sarkissian today paid tribute to the memory of innocent victims of the Sumgait pogroms perpetrated by Azerbaijan in 1988. The president laid flowers at the monument in Tsitsernakaberd Memorial complex.

“Today, all Armenians are commemorating the innocent people who fell victim to the massacre occurred on February 27-28 in 1988. In reaction to peaceful demonstrations of the Artsakh Armenians wishing to realize their right to self-determination, the Soviet Azerbaijan responded with mass bloody massacres against Armenians. Based on ethnic hatred, hundreds of our compatriots were killed, assaulted and forcibly displaced. The Sumgait pogroms have no expiration date and we should exert every effort the perpetrators of the horrific crime are condemned, acknowledged as well as properly assessed by the international community,” the president said.