The Embassy of Italy in Azerbaijan on X account offered condolences regarding the Khojaly genocide, Paralel.Az reports.

"The Embassy of Italy in Baku extends condolences to the people of Azerbaijan regarding the victims of the Khojaly Genocide of February 26, 1992. Let the memory of this tragedy be a warning for the future and contribute to peace in the region," the post reads.

Note that on February 25, 1992, Armenian armed forces attacked the city of Khojaly with the help of armored vehicles and military personnel of the USSR’s 366th Motorized Rifle Regiment stationed in Khankandi. As a result of the Khojaly genocide, which was a tragedy of a century, 613 civilians, as well as 63 children, 106 women, and 70 old people were killed atrociously, 8 families were annihilated, 25 children lost both parents, 130 children lost one parent, 487 were wounded (76 of them are children), some 1,275 innocent residents were taken hostage, while the fate of 150 people including 68 women and 26 children remains unknown.