19TH ANNIVERSARY OF 20 JANUARY TRAGEDY HELD ABROAD

Baku, January 21 (AzerTAc). The Embassy of Azerbaijan in Germany, Coordination
Center of Azerbaijanis and Azerbaijan-German Solidarity Association co-organized a
ceremony to commemorate the 19th anniversary of 20 January tragedy.

The event participants heard speeches by Azerbaijani ambassador to Germany Parviz
Shahbazov, Education Minister Misir Mardanov and others.
Misir Mardanov spoke of the history of the tragedy. He stressed due to national
leader Heydar Aliyev`s great efforts, the tragedy received a legal and political
assessment.
Afterwards, the participants saw a documentary “Way Leading to Freedom”
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A commemoration ceremony to mark the 19th anniversary of 20 January tragedy was
organized in Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles.
Representatives of Azerbaijani community in California attended the event.
Azerbaijan`s Consul General to Los Angeles Elin Suleymanov told of the history of
the tragedy.
A documentary “Way towards 20 January” was demonstrated at the event, as well.
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The Azerbaijan`s Embassy in UK arranged a commemorative event to mark the 19th
anniversary of the tragedy which was attended by representatives of the Azerbaijani
community in the country and Turkic speaking peoples.
Speakers at the event briefed the attendees on the history of the tragedy.
A documentary on the tragedy was shown at the event.