Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the People`s Republic of China

"PRO ARMENIA" agency quoted the viewpoint of Head of Internal Affairs Department of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic as saying: "Military actions didn't last long and there were no killed or dead people of Azerbaijan nationality among civilians inside the settlement of Khodjaly". In the course of fighting in and around Khodjaly 30 or 40 soldiers of Azerbaijan army were killed, more than 100 people were taken prisoners. As for the corpses of the civilians, it was Azerbajan army that 'presented' them on the road leading from Khodjaly to Agdam. By the way, as Head of Internal Affairs Department said, many of them perished from cold.

Approximately the same coverage of the events was given by member of Armenian Parliament O. Kazaryan. "I'd like to draw your attention to the willingness of putting two events together side by side: Armenian pogroms in Sumgait and Khodjaly tragedy. This parallel, however, doesn't hold water, because Khodjaly is the result of a military operation to destroy weapon emplacement of the enemy. It was Azerbaijan troops that prevented civilians to get out of the encirclement"

ITAR-TASS - SNARK

An independent journalist Igor Burgansky on returning from Karabakh to Yerevan told the reporter of SNARK that the reports about massacre by Armenians in the village of Khodjaly were not real. Burgansky believes that photos and video tapes from Khodjaly that west mass media spreads are forged ones. As the journalist states he was the only one to film Khodjaly events. At ane rate, I. Burgansky said — "I didn't see any cameraman there"

Armenian information centre "Pro Armenia" in Moscow reported that TV France reporter Florence David called the photos of thousands of killed Azerbaijani in Khodjaly to be forged ones. Florence David in her letter denied categorically the citations that were reported to be hers.