Saturday, May 16 2020 14:49

ArmInfo.Azerbaijan is trying to belittle the participation of the Armenian people in the World War II. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this at a press  conference on May 16, commenting on a statement by the President of  Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev  made to TASS about the alleged glorification  of fascist criminals by Armenia.

To recall, Ilham Aliyev stated that a six-meter monument was  installed in Armenia a few years ago to the fascist executioner and  criminal Garegin Nzhdeh. "The crimes of this man have been proved:  this, incidentally, is also evidenced by documents published on the  eve of the 70th anniversary of Victory by the Ministry of Foreign  Affairs and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. This  is the man who during the war said: "Who dies for Germany - dies for  Armenia." This is the man whose sabotage activities led to numerous  casualties. And it is no coincidence that he was arrested after the  end of the War by Smersh, sentenced to 25 years and died in Vladimir  prison>, the President of Azerbaijan said.

In response, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan reminded Ilham Aliyev  of the magnificent celebrations held in Azerbaijan in honor of the  130th anniversary of the Azerbaijani Nazi Mammad Rasulzade, with the  participation of which the Azerbaijani Legion consisted of 75,000  troops was formed. Nikol Pashinyan showed photos of the form of this  legion, as well as postage stamps, envelopes with images of  Rasulzade. Also, the head of the Armenian government showed a  photograph of the newspaper "Azerbaijan", published by  Nazi-Azerbaijanis.

Nikol Pashinyan emphasized that 600 thousand Armenians participated  in the Second World War, of which 100 thousand were in the armies of  the allied countries, 300 thousand died or were missing. During the  war, the Armenian people gave 65 generals, and during the time of the  USSR 115 generals and 4 marshals.  During the war, 6 Armenian  divisions were formed. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was  awarded to 107 Armenians, 27 of whom were from Karabakh.