Twenty years pass since Azerbaijani Khojavand region's occupation

2 Oktyabr 2012 09:46 (UTC+04:00)

Today is the 20th anniversary of occupation of Azerbaijan's Khojavand region by the Armenian armed forces.

The region with an area of 1,458 square kilometers and with population of about 41,216 people was occupied by Armenian military forces on October 2, 1992.

The Khojavand region was established on the base of Martuni and Hadrut regions after the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region was liquidated in 1991. The territory of the region is 1,458 square kilometers. The population was 41,216 people on the eve of occupation. The Khojavand city (regional center), two large settlements (Girmizi Bazar and Hadrut) and 83 villages are situated in the region.

More than 100 residents of the Khojavand region died fighting for their Motherland.

According to the operational center controlling the destructive influence exerted on the environment and natural resources in the Azerbaijani occupied territories, drug crops planted in the occupied territory of Khojavand region are delivered to various countries. The flora and fauna are destroyed. Trees are cut down and transported to Armenia and other countries as building materials.