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US AZERBAIJANI AND TURKISH DIASPORAS START CAMPAIGN AGAINST HOUSTON-BASED WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL'S UNAUTHORIZED PLANNED VISIT TO THE OCCUPIED AZERBAIJANI TERRITORIES
APA
Dec 2 2011
Azerbaijan
Washington. Isabel Levine - APA. Azerbaijani and Turkish Diasporas in
the US capital have started a new campaign against the unauthorized
planned visit by the Houston-based World Affairs Council to the
occupied Azerbaijani territories, APA US correspondent reports.
"According to its website of the World Affairs Council of Houston,
Texas is featuring an upcoming trip to Armenia and "Karabagh" in June
2012. It is noteworthy that the Houston-based organization, one of the
city's most prestigious citizen forums, is planning an unauthorized
visit to Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory of Azerbaijan currently under
the Armenian occupation", APA was told by one the organizers of the
campaign, who represents the Assembly of Turkish American Associations.
"Such a trip to the occupied territories, held without an explicit
approval of Azerbaijani authorities, would constitute an insult against
Azerbaijan's sovereignty, integrity and people", the source says.
Raising their concern about this "Armenia and Karabagh" trip, The
Diaspora members have sent the dozens of letters to the WAC management,
Houston's community and the local media outlets.
"It is noteworthy that the WAC of Houston, one of the city's most
prestigious citizen forums, is planning an unauthorized visit to
Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory of Azerbaijan currently under the
Armenian occupation. This trip by the U.S.-based delegation of the WAC
of Houston is planned without an explicit request from or approval of
the Azerbaijani authorities, thus constituting a severe disrespect of
Azerbaijan's sovereignty and an insult against this foreign nation, a
committed U.S. partner in a volatile region bordering Russia and Iran.
Moreover, according to the US Department of State , "US citizens should
avoid travel to the region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding
occupied areas, as well as regions along the line of contact between
Azerbaijani and Armenian positions" because their safety cannot be
guaranteed by State Department", reads the letters.
APA
Dec 2 2011
Azerbaijan
Washington. Isabel Levine - APA. Azerbaijani and Turkish Diasporas in
the US capital have started a new campaign against the unauthorized
planned visit by the Houston-based World Affairs Council to the
occupied Azerbaijani territories, APA US correspondent reports.
"According to its website of the World Affairs Council of Houston,
Texas is featuring an upcoming trip to Armenia and "Karabagh" in June
2012. It is noteworthy that the Houston-based organization, one of the
city's most prestigious citizen forums, is planning an unauthorized
visit to Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory of Azerbaijan currently under
the Armenian occupation", APA was told by one the organizers of the
campaign, who represents the Assembly of Turkish American Associations.
"Such a trip to the occupied territories, held without an explicit
approval of Azerbaijani authorities, would constitute an insult against
Azerbaijan's sovereignty, integrity and people", the source says.
Raising their concern about this "Armenia and Karabagh" trip, The
Diaspora members have sent the dozens of letters to the WAC management,
Houston's community and the local media outlets.
"It is noteworthy that the WAC of Houston, one of the city's most
prestigious citizen forums, is planning an unauthorized visit to
Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory of Azerbaijan currently under the
Armenian occupation. This trip by the U.S.-based delegation of the WAC
of Houston is planned without an explicit request from or approval of
the Azerbaijani authorities, thus constituting a severe disrespect of
Azerbaijan's sovereignty and an insult against this foreign nation, a
committed U.S. partner in a volatile region bordering Russia and Iran.
Moreover, according to the US Department of State , "US citizens should
avoid travel to the region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding
occupied areas, as well as regions along the line of contact between
Azerbaijani and Armenian positions" because their safety cannot be
guaranteed by State Department", reads the letters.