Global ‘2024 marks the 34th anniversary of Soviet army’s invasion into Azerbaijan’
By Lee Kap-soo The following article was contributed by the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Seoul to the Diplomacy Journal for publication. –Ed. January 20, 2024 marks the 34th anniversary of the military invasion and killing of civilians in the city of Baku, Azerbaijan by the forces of the Soviet Army on January 20, 1990. In response to the rising national independence movement, the Soviet leadership ordered some 26000 troops with heavy military equipment to storm the city of Baku in an operation called “Strike”. The Soviet army sent to the country in order to forcefully suppress the mass protests o