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AZERBAIJANI AMBASSADOR TO U.S. PROTESTS EVENT ON SELF-PROCLAIMED "NKR"
Trend
Sept 15 2011
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Ambassador to the U.S. Yashar Aliyev voiced a protest
against the event associated with the self-proclaimed separatist
regime of "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic", a representative of Azerbaijani
Embassy in Washington told Trend.
Protesting against the event, hosted September 13 in Washington by
the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues in cooperation with the
Armenian Embassy and a number of Armenian-American organizations,
Yashar Aliyev sent a letter on September 11 to all 435 members of
the U.S. House of Representatives.
The letter lists the facts of Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan,
occupation of Azerbaijani territories, forced displacement of hundreds
of thousands of Azerbaijanis as a result of this occupation, as well
as the establishment by Armenia of an illegal regime in the occupied
Azerbaijani territories that is not recognized by any country in
the world.
At the same time, the letter notes that the event organizers aimed to
divert the attention of members of Congress and the American public
from the fact of the continuing occupation of Azerbaijani territories,
and thereby to consolidate the results of the occupation.
In view of this, the ambassador urged lawmakers not to participate in
the event, intended against the sovereignty and territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan, which is a strategic partner of the United States.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh and its surrounding
regions.
Trend
Sept 15 2011
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Ambassador to the U.S. Yashar Aliyev voiced a protest
against the event associated with the self-proclaimed separatist
regime of "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic", a representative of Azerbaijani
Embassy in Washington told Trend.
Protesting against the event, hosted September 13 in Washington by
the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues in cooperation with the
Armenian Embassy and a number of Armenian-American organizations,
Yashar Aliyev sent a letter on September 11 to all 435 members of
the U.S. House of Representatives.
The letter lists the facts of Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan,
occupation of Azerbaijani territories, forced displacement of hundreds
of thousands of Azerbaijanis as a result of this occupation, as well
as the establishment by Armenia of an illegal regime in the occupied
Azerbaijani territories that is not recognized by any country in
the world.
At the same time, the letter notes that the event organizers aimed to
divert the attention of members of Congress and the American public
from the fact of the continuing occupation of Azerbaijani territories,
and thereby to consolidate the results of the occupation.
In view of this, the ambassador urged lawmakers not to participate in
the event, intended against the sovereignty and territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan, which is a strategic partner of the United States.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh and its surrounding
regions.