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  • BAKU: Azerbaijani students at Georgetown Univ. hold an Jan 20 event

    AzerTag, Azerbaijan
    Jan 20 2005

    AZERBAIJANI STUDENTS AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOLD AN EVENT ON
    JANUARY 20 TRAGEDY
    [January 20, 2005, 18:46:36]

    At the initiative of the Embassy of Azerbaijan to the United States,
    Azeri students at the Georgetown University (Washington D.C) have
    held an event dealing with geopolitical consequences of the January
    20, 1900 events, AzerTAj correspondent reports from the U.S. capital.


    Speaking before the students and teaching staff of the university,
    Taleh Ziyadov and Khazar Ibrahim called the tragic events `beginning
    of Gorbachev regime's end'. Describing the pre-tragedy situation in
    the country, they noted that in response to the protest demonstration
    of millions of people, the Soviet leaders used local Armenians
    organized so-called `pogroms' against them. At night January 19 - 20,
    Soviet troops invaded Baku shooting down a lot of innocent and
    armless people.

    Participants of the event saw video materials covering the bloody
    night including those by CNN.

    The speaker noted as well that since independence Azerbaijan has been
    pursuing the policy of integration into the Euroatlantic space.
    Strengthening economy by successful management of its natural
    resources, they said, the country stands for peace and security in
    the Caucasus and Caspian basin region. However, the 10 years running
    conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, still
    remains one of the major obstacles in the way towards development of
    our country and the whole Caucasian region.

    Finally, the Azerbaijani students responded to questions from
    attendees.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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