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    INFLUENTIAL MEMBER OF THE CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS ON ARMENIAN ISSUES TO REPLACE THE CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EUROPE CONGRESSMAN ROBERT WEXLER, MEMBER OF HOUSE CAUCUS ON AZERBAIJAN

    APA
    Dec 3 2009
    Azerbaijan

    Washington - APA. A member of the Congressional caucus on Armenian
    issues, known as close friend of Armenian Diaspora Bill Delahunt is
    going to replace Congressman Robert Wexler at the position of Chairman
    of the Subcommittee on Europe; APA's Washington DC correspondent was
    informed at R.Wexler's office.

    Congressman Robert Wexler is currently serving as a Chairman of
    the Subcommittee on Europe and a senior member of the House Foreign
    Affairs Committee and the Co-Chairman of the Congressional Turkey
    Caucus, also member of House Caucus on Azerbaijan.

    Wexler's office informs that Congressman is leaving the Congress and is
    accepting a position as President of the Center for Middle East Peace.

    Members of Azerbaijani Diaspora express their disappointment about
    the replacement.

    "This appointment is against Azerbaijan, Turkey and it will be clear
    quite soon", told APA's Washington correspondent Ismail Hamidov,
    American Azerbaijani.

    He pointed out that Mr. Wexler always preventing Armenians provocations
    against Turkey and Azerbaijan in Congress. Azerbaijani Diaspora
    representatives remind that the new Chairman Bill Delahunt has
    consistently supported Armenian issues, having co-sponsored the
    Armenian Genocide Resolution.

    Mr. Hamidov says that the Armenian Diaspora will raise the "genocide"
    again, and Congressman Delahunt will be lobbying their interests
    using his new position: "The Armenians already applied to Congress
    and raised the issue. The replacement of Mr. Wexler on pro-Armenian
    Congressman is very crucial at this very moment, because if the
    "genocide" issue passes the Foreign Affairs Committee, it will be
    strengthened even more".

    Hamidov is also pointing out that Congressman Wexler is not only
    leaving the Committee, but the Congress on the whole: "This means
    that now there will be minus one Azerbaijan and Turkey supporter in
    the US Congress"

    Mr. Wexler is known in Congress as active public person who is also
    on the list of the best 50 Congress members.

    Originally Jewish attorney from New York Mr. Wexler joint the Congress
    in 1997.

    This year he along with Pennsylvania Republican Bill Shuster,
    has introduced H.R. 2742 (A bill to authorize the extension of
    nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to
    the products of Azerbaijan.

    He is an also author of Eurasia Foundation Act in Congress which
    supported additional 15 million dollars assistance for Post-Soviet
    countries, including Azerbaijan, fiscal year 2008 and 2009.
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