Moldova`s "noi.md", "publika.md", "primelestiri.md" and other news portals noted that the events of January 20, 1990 were a turning point in the establishment of Azerbaijan`s independence.

The article highlights that over the night of 19-20 January 1990, by order of the USSR leadership, 26,000 Soviet troops invaded Baku, Sumgayit and other cities of Azerbaijan. As a result of this military intervention, 147 civilians were killed and 744 were seriously injured.

“Immediately after the tragedy, national leader Heydar Aliyev held a press conference at the Permanent Representation of Azerbaijan in Moscow, strongly condemning this atrocity and demanding a political assessment of the massacre committed against our people and the punishment of the perpetrators.

At a special session of the Milli Majlis (Parliament) in February 1994, the brutal killing of innocent people on 20 January 1990 was qualified as military aggression and a crime. As an outcome of deliberations in March 1994, a decision “On the tragic events committed in Baku on 20 January 1990” was adopted, declaring 20 January the National Mourning Day,” the article says.