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May 19 2012
Mayor's Office of U.S. Portland recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Baku, May 19 /Trend E.Tariverdiyeva/
On the eve of anniversary of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR)
Municipality of the American city Portland (Maine) adopted a
resolution recognizing the historical fact - occurrence of
Nagorno-Karabakh, Zangezur and Nakhichevan to Azerbaijan - the first
in the history of secular parliamentary republic in the Islamic world.
It is noted in the document that the Republic of Azerbaijan was
proclaimed on May 28,1918, stretching from the Caucasus mountains in
the north to the Araz river in the south, Caspian Sea in the east to
Kerki in the west, included Karabakh, Zangezur and Nakhichevan
regions, and became the first secular Muslim parliamentary democratic
republic in the history of the world, and was recognized as such by
other democratic nations of the time, including the United States of
America.
The resolution also provides a link to the memories President Woodrow
Wilson, who met with the Azerbaijani delegation in Paris on May 28,
1919, the one-year anniversary of Azerbaijan's founding, and later
remarked, "Well, one day there came in a very dignified and
interesting group of gentlemen who were from Azerbaijan.... I did find
this out immediately: that I was talking to men who talked the same
language that I did in respect of ideas, in respect of conceptions of
liberty, in respect of conceptions of right and justice"
The resolution also stresses that the territorial integrity, state
sovereignty and independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan is
unconditionally supported by the United States which proves the
absurdity and stillbirth of recently adopted anti-constitutional
resolution of Rhode Island, calling the U.S. president to recognize
the so-called "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic."
Every year for the last 94 years, an estimated 40 million Azerbaijanis
around the globe and 400,000 Azerbaijani-Americans, have been
celebrating May 28 as the National Day of Azerbaijan, the resolution
said.
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 7 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 the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
http://en.trend.az/news/karabakh/2027805.html
May 19 2012
Mayor's Office of U.S. Portland recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Baku, May 19 /Trend E.Tariverdiyeva/
On the eve of anniversary of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR)
Municipality of the American city Portland (Maine) adopted a
resolution recognizing the historical fact - occurrence of
Nagorno-Karabakh, Zangezur and Nakhichevan to Azerbaijan - the first
in the history of secular parliamentary republic in the Islamic world.
It is noted in the document that the Republic of Azerbaijan was
proclaimed on May 28,1918, stretching from the Caucasus mountains in
the north to the Araz river in the south, Caspian Sea in the east to
Kerki in the west, included Karabakh, Zangezur and Nakhichevan
regions, and became the first secular Muslim parliamentary democratic
republic in the history of the world, and was recognized as such by
other democratic nations of the time, including the United States of
America.
The resolution also provides a link to the memories President Woodrow
Wilson, who met with the Azerbaijani delegation in Paris on May 28,
1919, the one-year anniversary of Azerbaijan's founding, and later
remarked, "Well, one day there came in a very dignified and
interesting group of gentlemen who were from Azerbaijan.... I did find
this out immediately: that I was talking to men who talked the same
language that I did in respect of ideas, in respect of conceptions of
liberty, in respect of conceptions of right and justice"
The resolution also stresses that the territorial integrity, state
sovereignty and independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan is
unconditionally supported by the United States which proves the
absurdity and stillbirth of recently adopted anti-constitutional
resolution of Rhode Island, calling the U.S. president to recognize
the so-called "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic."
Every year for the last 94 years, an estimated 40 million Azerbaijanis
around the globe and 400,000 Azerbaijani-Americans, have been
celebrating May 28 as the National Day of Azerbaijan, the resolution
said.
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 7 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 the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
http://en.trend.az/news/karabakh/2027805.html