On August 22nd a monument to the Khojaly genocide victims was unveiled in Mexico.
The Kholajy monument was erected after the reconstruction of the Tlakskoake square, and the park here was renamed Tlakskoake-Khojaly.
The unveiling ceremony was attended by an Azerbaijani delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hasanov, Azerbaijani ambassador to Mexico Ilgar Mukhtarov, as well as Major of Mexico City Marcelo Ebrard, chief of the Mexican Parliament`s external relations committee Porfirio Munoz Ledo, and Mexican MPs.
Addressing the event, Ambassador Ilgar Mukhtarov said a medieval church was also reconstructed in the Tlakskoake-Khojaly square.
He informed the event participants about the Khojaly genocide.
The diplomat hailed the adoption by the Mexican Senate in 2011 of a resolution recognizing the Khojaly genocide.
Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Felipe Leal thanked the Azerbaijani government for reconstruction work.
Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hasanov said that as a result of Armenia`s aggressive policy against Azerbaijan 20 percent of the country`s territories was occupied and more than one million Azerbaijanis were subjected to ethnic cleansing.
He also briefed the participants on the Khojaly genocide.
The event was followed by a concert program commemorating Khojaly victims.

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