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PALLONE COMMEMORATES AZERBAIJANI POGROMS IN SUMGAIT
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12:10 01.03.2013
Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Azerbaijani pogroms against
the Armenian population of the Azerbaijani city of Sumgait, and
condemned the ongoing atmosphere of violence and intimidation being
fostered by the government of President Ilham Aliyev, reported the
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
"The history of the past quarter century has been one of Artsakh's
enduring democratic triumph over relentless Azerbaijani government
aggression, blockades, intolerance, and war. We look to American
leaders, revolutionary heirs to the world's greatest independence
movement, to help support and sustain the proud victory of a free
people against foreign tyranny, against massacres, outright war,
economic blockade, ongoing sniper attacks, and, now, a Baku-led
international campaign to demonize each and every Armenian on the
planet," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "We join
with Armenians in New Jersey and across the nation in thanking
Congressman Pallone for continuing to raise his voices in support
of a peaceful, democratic, secure, and sustainable resolution that
will end Azerbaijani threats against the free citizens of the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic."
In remarks submitted to the Congressional Record, Representative
Pallone reminded his colleagues, "it was on the evening of February
27, 1988, that hundreds of Armenians were brutally murdered, some
burned alive and others thrown from windows." Pallone went on to
explain that the Sumgait pogroms were the beginning of decades of
violence, fomented by successive Azerbaijani government leaders. "For
more than two decades, authorities in Azerbaijan have attempted to
ignore and cover up these crimes and have instead fostered hatred
toward the Armenian people. In an affront to basic senses of justice,
the Azerbaijani government recently pardoned Azerbaijani military
officer, Ramil Safarov who was sentenced to life in prison in Hungary
for murdering an Armenian military officer during a NATO-sponsored
training program in 2004. I continue to be outraged by this promotion
of violence against innocent Armenians," stated the New Jersey
legislator. Rep. Pallone went on to urge the immediate reincarceration
of Ramil Safarov by the Aliyev government. The complete text of of
his statement is provided below.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/03/01/pallone-commemorates-azerbaijani-pogroms-in-sumgait/
12:10 01.03.2013
Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Azerbaijani pogroms against
the Armenian population of the Azerbaijani city of Sumgait, and
condemned the ongoing atmosphere of violence and intimidation being
fostered by the government of President Ilham Aliyev, reported the
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
"The history of the past quarter century has been one of Artsakh's
enduring democratic triumph over relentless Azerbaijani government
aggression, blockades, intolerance, and war. We look to American
leaders, revolutionary heirs to the world's greatest independence
movement, to help support and sustain the proud victory of a free
people against foreign tyranny, against massacres, outright war,
economic blockade, ongoing sniper attacks, and, now, a Baku-led
international campaign to demonize each and every Armenian on the
planet," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "We join
with Armenians in New Jersey and across the nation in thanking
Congressman Pallone for continuing to raise his voices in support
of a peaceful, democratic, secure, and sustainable resolution that
will end Azerbaijani threats against the free citizens of the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic."
In remarks submitted to the Congressional Record, Representative
Pallone reminded his colleagues, "it was on the evening of February
27, 1988, that hundreds of Armenians were brutally murdered, some
burned alive and others thrown from windows." Pallone went on to
explain that the Sumgait pogroms were the beginning of decades of
violence, fomented by successive Azerbaijani government leaders. "For
more than two decades, authorities in Azerbaijan have attempted to
ignore and cover up these crimes and have instead fostered hatred
toward the Armenian people. In an affront to basic senses of justice,
the Azerbaijani government recently pardoned Azerbaijani military
officer, Ramil Safarov who was sentenced to life in prison in Hungary
for murdering an Armenian military officer during a NATO-sponsored
training program in 2004. I continue to be outraged by this promotion
of violence against innocent Armenians," stated the New Jersey
legislator. Rep. Pallone went on to urge the immediate reincarceration
of Ramil Safarov by the Aliyev government. The complete text of of
his statement is provided below.