Recognition of The Massacre
According to Azerbaijani news agencies in 2011, over a million signatures were gathered in the Netherlands and sent to that county’s parliament to support recognition of Khojaly.
On February 25, 2011, New Jersey became the first state in the U.S. that recognized the Khojaly Massacre on both legislative and executive levels.
On February 24, 2012, the U.S. State of Georgia General Assembly adopted a full House Resolution 1594 commemorating victims of the Khojaly massacre. The resolution co-sponsored by four Georgia state legislators stated that Armenia continues to formally deny any responsibility for the tragedy while President Serzh Sargsyan depicted the massacre as an act of revenge to "break stereotypes".
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