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ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF CANADA DEMANDS CALGARY MAYOR TO WITHDRAW STATEMENT ON AGHDAM EVENTS OF FEBRUARY 1992
Panorama.am
20/03/2012
Factual data indicate that the massacre in Khojaly was planned and
carried out by political elements in Azerbaijan, fighting for power
in the country. This time they intended to discredit the Azerbaijani
President, laying the blame on the Armenians and blaming the regime
for inactivity, reads the response letter of representative of
Armenian community of Canada Zhirents Gayayan to the Mayor of the
Canadian city of Calgary Naheed Nenshi who had earlier published a
letter giving the Azerbaijani version of Aghdam events of February
1992 named "Khojaly events" by Azerbaijan.
"I assess your statement in support of this event as extremely
insulting for myself, my family and Armenian community all around the
world. I don't understand why you made this statement, having no idea
about the circumstances surrounding this event, without conducting
studies to get full information, you made a public statement without
the consent of the city Elders, thus you entered the political
field of global international relations, based on gossip only,"
reads the letter.
According to the author, the ill-informed actions of Calgary Mayor
have a negative impact on the perception of the city of Calgary of
the Province of Alberta and the Armenian community in the world as
well as the massacre victims.
I firmly believe that it is important that you withdraw your statement
and publicly apologize to the Armenian community of Canada and the
world through the Armenian Embassy in Ottawa and Calgary Elders for
your ill-informed statement," writes Gayayan.
The representative of the Armenian community added that he will inform
the Armenian Embassies in Ottawa, in Washington, NKR Permanent Mission,
Armenian Ambassador to UN, Armenian communities in Canada, Canadian
Diocese of Armenian Apostolic Church, media as well as all those who
were offended by Canadian Mayor's statement, because it does harm to
the Canadian people.
Also, Calgary Herald published an article by Armenian Ambassador to
Canada Armen Yeganyan on the true situation around Aghdam events of
1992 refuting Azerbaijani propaganda's version.
Panorama.am
20/03/2012
Factual data indicate that the massacre in Khojaly was planned and
carried out by political elements in Azerbaijan, fighting for power
in the country. This time they intended to discredit the Azerbaijani
President, laying the blame on the Armenians and blaming the regime
for inactivity, reads the response letter of representative of
Armenian community of Canada Zhirents Gayayan to the Mayor of the
Canadian city of Calgary Naheed Nenshi who had earlier published a
letter giving the Azerbaijani version of Aghdam events of February
1992 named "Khojaly events" by Azerbaijan.
"I assess your statement in support of this event as extremely
insulting for myself, my family and Armenian community all around the
world. I don't understand why you made this statement, having no idea
about the circumstances surrounding this event, without conducting
studies to get full information, you made a public statement without
the consent of the city Elders, thus you entered the political
field of global international relations, based on gossip only,"
reads the letter.
According to the author, the ill-informed actions of Calgary Mayor
have a negative impact on the perception of the city of Calgary of
the Province of Alberta and the Armenian community in the world as
well as the massacre victims.
I firmly believe that it is important that you withdraw your statement
and publicly apologize to the Armenian community of Canada and the
world through the Armenian Embassy in Ottawa and Calgary Elders for
your ill-informed statement," writes Gayayan.
The representative of the Armenian community added that he will inform
the Armenian Embassies in Ottawa, in Washington, NKR Permanent Mission,
Armenian Ambassador to UN, Armenian communities in Canada, Canadian
Diocese of Armenian Apostolic Church, media as well as all those who
were offended by Canadian Mayor's statement, because it does harm to
the Canadian people.
Also, Calgary Herald published an article by Armenian Ambassador to
Canada Armen Yeganyan on the true situation around Aghdam events of
1992 refuting Azerbaijani propaganda's version.