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    Trend, Azerbaijan
    Sept 3 2014


    U.S. Dept. of State comments on California Senate's resolution on
    Nagorno-Karabakh

    3 September 2014
    By Sabina Ahmadova - Trend:

    The U.S. Department of State considers a resolution on
    Nagorno-Karabakh adopted by the California State Senate as a personal
    affair of the State, according to the website of the U.S. Department
    of State.

    "I am not going to have any comment on a resolution on
    Nagorno-Karabakh adopted by the California State Senate," U.S
    Department of State representative Jen Psaki said. "It is a state
    issue."

    California Senate passed a resolution, which is of an anti-Azerbaijani
    nature, Aug. 27.
    "The anti-Azerbaijani resolution AJR 32 on Nagorno-Karabakh has been
    on the agenda of the California State Senate for some time," the
    Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles said.

    "From the very beginning, a number of serious measures were undertaken
    by the Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles to counter the
    resolution. These measures included, inter alia, sending letters of
    protest to all senators, holding numerous meetings with them, thus
    explaining the bias and flaw of the AJR 32, its contradiction to
    America's stated foreign policy and national interests, as well as the
    fact that this racist resolution justified ethnic cleansing and
    illegal occupation of Azerbaijani lands by Armenia," he added.
    In spite of all the pressure by this ethnic lobby on senators using
    threats, blackmail and other means, 17 out of 40 senators refused to
    vote for the resolution Aug. 27, according to the statement.

    The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
    when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.

    As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied
    20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
    seven surrounding districts.
    The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs
    of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are currently
    holding peace negotiations.
    Armenia has not yet implemented four U.N. Security Council resolutions
    on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

    http://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/2307715.html

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