Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Academician Govhar Bakhshaliyeva said that the conference was organized within the framework of President Ilham Aliyev's Order on January 18, 2018 "On the 100th anniversary of the 1918 genocide of Azerbaijanis".
G.Bahshaliyeva underlined that important works were being carried out at the Institute of Oriental Studies to reveal new facts related to genocide, studies carried out in this field.
German professor Dirk Rietz Günter, turkish scholars - Kemal Cicek, Mehmet Perinchek, Russian representatives - Oleg Kuznetsov, Valeri Stepanov and Boris Hatsyev, Nicholas Vandorf from the United States and others condemned the genocide committed by Armenians against Azerbaijanis at different times.
Then head of South Azerbaijan branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, PhD in history Samad Bayramzadeh and senior scientific worker of the Institute, Doctor of History Solmaz Rustamova-Tohidi made a report.
At the end, an exhibition of books published by the Institute of Oriental Studies on the genocide committed by Armenians demontrated.