An official document on the aggression of Armenia against Azerbaijan and Khojaly genocide - resolution on "recognition and respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan" - was adopted by an overwhelming majority at the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina on February 26, 2013, the 21st anniversary of the Khojaly genocide.This resolution has become the first document of this type in the history of the parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina, diplomatic mission of Azerbaijan to the country said.This success was achieved due to not only patriots, professional diplomats but also every Azerbaijani, a logical result of the foreign policy, concrete, forward-looking and humanity policy of President Ilham Aliyev. Recognition of the Khojaly genocide is part of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation`s Justice for Khojaly campaign.The Azerbaijan-Bosnia and Herzegovina relations are seriously developing in all directions including in political, economic, cultural and humanitarian fields.Both countries have the rich history of cultural ties. Discovery of manuscripts of Nizami Ganjavi and Muhammed Fuzuli in the library of Gazi Khosrov in Sarajevo is an evidence of this. As an indicator of bilateral friendly ties, reconstruction and restoration work was carried out at the initiative and instruction of President Ilham Aliyev in the Baku street in Sarajevo and the street was inaugurated on November 8, 2011.A park of friendship between Azerbaijan and Bosnia-Herzegovina was laid on February 24, 2012 on the bank of the Dobrinya river at the initiative and organizational support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. A memorial complex reflecting genocides in Khojaly and Srebrenica was created in the park after official political consent of state and government bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The words In Memory of Victims of the Khojaly Genocide (Azerbaijan, 25-26 February 1992) were engraved in the monument. What both peoples have in common in historical point of view is that they suffered aggression and tragedies in Khojaly and Srebrenica. Creation of the complex at the initiative of Leyla Aliyeva in memory of Khojaly genocide victims in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina is important from political and historical points of view.The adoption of the document will undoubtedly play an important role in shaping the single public opinion in Europe and lead to undertaking similar steps by parliaments of other countries.

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