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US Congressman calls for US response to Azerbaijani agression
10:26 - 05.03.11
US House of Foreign Affairs member Brad Sherman delivered Thursday a
statement calling for the acknowledgement of the Azerbaijani
perpetrated Armenian pogroms in Sumgayit.
"Armenian civilians were maimed, raped, beaten, and burned alive at
the hands of rioters. International media outlets reported that
Armenians were "hunted" down and killed in their homes," he said in
his statement dedicated to the 23rd anniversary of the horrific
massacress.
"The calls for help for those innocent Armenians were ignored by the
local police, and the victims' fate was left to those who ruthlessly
and senselessly ended their lives," Sherman said, noting that the
massacres in Sumgayit were later followed by were followed by
anti-Armenian pogroms followed in Kirovabad (Nov. 1988)and Baku (Jan.
1993)
"If we hope to stop future massacres, and conflicts, we need to
acknowledge those horrific acts of the past, make sure they do not
happen again, and make sure that we do not have renewed war between
Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Nagorno Karabakh," said the congressman.
Earlier During the US Secretary of State's three hour testimony before
the Foreign Affairs panel, Sherman had asked Hillary Clinton address
the Azerbaijani government's threats and aggression against Armenia
and Karabakh and, more specifically, to identify the `serious
repercussions' that Azerbaijan would face from the United States if it
renewed its aggression against Nagorno Karabakh
It was offered amid a growing tide of Azerbaijani threats and outright
acts of aggression that have left some 30 dead along the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic - Azerbaijan border over the past two years.
Asbarez.com reported.
Sherman's inquiry came just one day after a Congressional
Commemoration of the Azerbaijani pogroms against Armenians in Sumgayit
and Baku, during which Congressman Sherman was joined by Nagorno
Karabakh Republic Foreign Minister Georgi Petrossian and Congressional
Armenian Caucus colleagues Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and
Elliot Engel (D-NY) in marking this solemn occasion.
Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
10:26 - 05.03.11
US House of Foreign Affairs member Brad Sherman delivered Thursday a
statement calling for the acknowledgement of the Azerbaijani
perpetrated Armenian pogroms in Sumgayit.
"Armenian civilians were maimed, raped, beaten, and burned alive at
the hands of rioters. International media outlets reported that
Armenians were "hunted" down and killed in their homes," he said in
his statement dedicated to the 23rd anniversary of the horrific
massacress.
"The calls for help for those innocent Armenians were ignored by the
local police, and the victims' fate was left to those who ruthlessly
and senselessly ended their lives," Sherman said, noting that the
massacres in Sumgayit were later followed by were followed by
anti-Armenian pogroms followed in Kirovabad (Nov. 1988)and Baku (Jan.
1993)
"If we hope to stop future massacres, and conflicts, we need to
acknowledge those horrific acts of the past, make sure they do not
happen again, and make sure that we do not have renewed war between
Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Nagorno Karabakh," said the congressman.
Earlier During the US Secretary of State's three hour testimony before
the Foreign Affairs panel, Sherman had asked Hillary Clinton address
the Azerbaijani government's threats and aggression against Armenia
and Karabakh and, more specifically, to identify the `serious
repercussions' that Azerbaijan would face from the United States if it
renewed its aggression against Nagorno Karabakh
It was offered amid a growing tide of Azerbaijani threats and outright
acts of aggression that have left some 30 dead along the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic - Azerbaijan border over the past two years.
Asbarez.com reported.
Sherman's inquiry came just one day after a Congressional
Commemoration of the Azerbaijani pogroms against Armenians in Sumgayit
and Baku, during which Congressman Sherman was joined by Nagorno
Karabakh Republic Foreign Minister Georgi Petrossian and Congressional
Armenian Caucus colleagues Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and
Elliot Engel (D-NY) in marking this solemn occasion.
Tert.am
From: A. Papazian