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ANCA URGES OBAMA TO CONDEMN AZERI LEADER'S ANTI-ARMENIAN RANT
September 21, 2013 - 12:11 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Voicing the Armenian American community's outrage
over Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's most recent anti-Armenian
rant, Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Chairman Ken
Hachikian has called upon President Barack Obama to publicly condemn
the Azerbaijani leader's renewed threats of war, exaltation of ethnic
cleansing, claims to Armenian land, and renewed praise for unrepentant
axe-murder Ramil Safarov, ANCA reported.
In a September 19th letter addressed to the President, Hackikian noted
that a strong U.S. stand in response to Aliyev's tirade can help "deter
Baku from its announced intention to re-launch its war on Artsakh."
"In public remarks, President Aliyev threatens to renew his war on
Nagorno Karabakh and extols the ethnic cleansing of Armenians from
Baku, warning of Azerbaijan's preparedness to repeat these atrocities.
He claims essentially all of Armenia's sovereign territory, including
Yerevan, and he praises an unrepentant axe-murder who was pardoned by
President Aliyev after his release from Hungary, where he was serving
a life sentence for murdering Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan in
his sleep during a NATO peacekeeping program.
President Aliyev's speech honoring Safarov, coming as it does after
the public praise, military promotion, and financial payments he
received from Baku in the months following his release last year,
represents a serious setback to the peace process. His remarks are
all the more offensive in light of the White House's statement of
August 31, 2012, expressing your deep concern and disappointment over
President Aliyev's decision to pardon Ramil Safarov. It is in this
spirit, and in the hope that a strong U.S. stand may deter Baku from
its announced intention to relaunch its war on Artsakh, that we ask
you to clearly condemn President Aliyev's incendiary diatribe.
In closing, we would also like to take this opportunity to extend,
once again, our willingness to work with your Administration to
invite the broad-based leadership of our community to meet with you
to discuss your Administration's policies on this matter, your pledge
to recognize the Armenian Genocide, and the full range of Armenian
American concerns," the letter said.
From: Baghdasarian
September 21, 2013 - 12:11 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Voicing the Armenian American community's outrage
over Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's most recent anti-Armenian
rant, Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Chairman Ken
Hachikian has called upon President Barack Obama to publicly condemn
the Azerbaijani leader's renewed threats of war, exaltation of ethnic
cleansing, claims to Armenian land, and renewed praise for unrepentant
axe-murder Ramil Safarov, ANCA reported.
In a September 19th letter addressed to the President, Hackikian noted
that a strong U.S. stand in response to Aliyev's tirade can help "deter
Baku from its announced intention to re-launch its war on Artsakh."
"In public remarks, President Aliyev threatens to renew his war on
Nagorno Karabakh and extols the ethnic cleansing of Armenians from
Baku, warning of Azerbaijan's preparedness to repeat these atrocities.
He claims essentially all of Armenia's sovereign territory, including
Yerevan, and he praises an unrepentant axe-murder who was pardoned by
President Aliyev after his release from Hungary, where he was serving
a life sentence for murdering Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan in
his sleep during a NATO peacekeeping program.
President Aliyev's speech honoring Safarov, coming as it does after
the public praise, military promotion, and financial payments he
received from Baku in the months following his release last year,
represents a serious setback to the peace process. His remarks are
all the more offensive in light of the White House's statement of
August 31, 2012, expressing your deep concern and disappointment over
President Aliyev's decision to pardon Ramil Safarov. It is in this
spirit, and in the hope that a strong U.S. stand may deter Baku from
its announced intention to relaunch its war on Artsakh, that we ask
you to clearly condemn President Aliyev's incendiary diatribe.
In closing, we would also like to take this opportunity to extend,
once again, our willingness to work with your Administration to
invite the broad-based leadership of our community to meet with you
to discuss your Administration's policies on this matter, your pledge
to recognize the Armenian Genocide, and the full range of Armenian
American concerns," the letter said.
From: Baghdasarian