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Sen. Kirk to Azerbaijan: Halt campaign of incitement and hatred against Armenia
13:20 08.03.2014
Illinois Republican Senator Mark Kirk "strongly condemned"
Azerbaijan's ongoing threats and violence against Armenia and the
Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, in a powerfully worded statement issued
earlier today marking the 26th anniversary of Azerbaijan's
anti-Armenian massacres in Sumgait, reported the Armenian National
Committee of America (ANCA).
"We join with Armenian Americans, here in Illinois and across America,
in thanking Senator Kirk for his principled and powerful stand for
peace," said ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian, of Lake Forest, Illinois.
Senator Kirk began his remarks spotlighting Azerbaijani hate-crimes
against Armenians in Sumgait from February 26 to 28, 1988, stating, "I
join my Armenian-American constituents in Illinois in commemorating
the memory of those who perished in anti-Armenian violence in Sumgait,
Soviet Azerbaijan twenty-six years ago. Dozens of people were killed
and hundreds injured during three days of horrific violence. The
entire Armenian population of Sumgait fled as a result. The
perpetrators of these heinous acts have never been brought to
justice."
The Senator then turned to Azerbaijan's ongoing aggression against
Armenia and Artsakh, noting, "As we remember the Sumgait victims, I
call on the current Government of Azerbaijan to immediately halt its
campaign of incitement and hatred against Armenia that threatens to
de-stabilize the region. It is deplorable that the President of
Azerbaijan would pardon and glorify the convicted murderer Ramil
Safarov, who killed a sleeping Armenian soldier while both were on a
NATO Partnership for Peace program. I strongly condemn repeated
statements from Azerbaijani officials that threaten violence against
Armenia and the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh."
Over the past week, Sen. Kirk was joined by House Foreign Affairs
Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA), fellow Committee colleagues Brad
Sherman (D-CA) and David Cicilline (D-RI), Congressional Armenian
Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Representatives Adam Schiff
(D-CA), Tony Cardenas (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Katherine Clark
(D-MA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gary Peters (D-MI) and Linda Sanchez (D-CA)
in issuing similar statements condemning the Sumgait, Baku and
Kirovabad pogroms and calling on Azerbaijan to end its aggression
against Armenia and the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/03/08/sen-kirk-to-azerbaijan-halt-campaign-of-incitement-and-hatred-against-armenia/
From: A. Papazian
13:20 08.03.2014
Illinois Republican Senator Mark Kirk "strongly condemned"
Azerbaijan's ongoing threats and violence against Armenia and the
Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, in a powerfully worded statement issued
earlier today marking the 26th anniversary of Azerbaijan's
anti-Armenian massacres in Sumgait, reported the Armenian National
Committee of America (ANCA).
"We join with Armenian Americans, here in Illinois and across America,
in thanking Senator Kirk for his principled and powerful stand for
peace," said ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian, of Lake Forest, Illinois.
Senator Kirk began his remarks spotlighting Azerbaijani hate-crimes
against Armenians in Sumgait from February 26 to 28, 1988, stating, "I
join my Armenian-American constituents in Illinois in commemorating
the memory of those who perished in anti-Armenian violence in Sumgait,
Soviet Azerbaijan twenty-six years ago. Dozens of people were killed
and hundreds injured during three days of horrific violence. The
entire Armenian population of Sumgait fled as a result. The
perpetrators of these heinous acts have never been brought to
justice."
The Senator then turned to Azerbaijan's ongoing aggression against
Armenia and Artsakh, noting, "As we remember the Sumgait victims, I
call on the current Government of Azerbaijan to immediately halt its
campaign of incitement and hatred against Armenia that threatens to
de-stabilize the region. It is deplorable that the President of
Azerbaijan would pardon and glorify the convicted murderer Ramil
Safarov, who killed a sleeping Armenian soldier while both were on a
NATO Partnership for Peace program. I strongly condemn repeated
statements from Azerbaijani officials that threaten violence against
Armenia and the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh."
Over the past week, Sen. Kirk was joined by House Foreign Affairs
Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA), fellow Committee colleagues Brad
Sherman (D-CA) and David Cicilline (D-RI), Congressional Armenian
Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Representatives Adam Schiff
(D-CA), Tony Cardenas (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Katherine Clark
(D-MA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gary Peters (D-MI) and Linda Sanchez (D-CA)
in issuing similar statements condemning the Sumgait, Baku and
Kirovabad pogroms and calling on Azerbaijan to end its aggression
against Armenia and the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/03/08/sen-kirk-to-azerbaijan-halt-campaign-of-incitement-and-hatred-against-armenia/
From: A. Papazian