Azerbaijan News Service
Aug 19 2005

AZERI AMBASSADOR APPEALS US CONGRESSMEN
2005-08-19 14:36

Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the United States Hafiz Pashaev called US
congressmen not be keen on pro-Armenian counterparts counterfeit. Co
chairs of the US Congress Group on Armenian issues, Frank Pallone and
Jo Nollenberg, representatives New Jersey and Michigan states, called
other congressmen to support their proposal to appeal to President
George W. Bush on sending more aid to Daghlig Karabagh. According
to AZERTAC Agency in respond Azeri Ambassador to the United States
Hafiz Pashaev sent letter to all US Congress members and exposed the
real face of Frank Pallone and Jo Nollenberg. The Ambassador said that
the appeal byFrank Pallone and Jo Nollenberg doesn’t attract properly
the climate of the Region and international community’s position on
Daghlig Garabagh status. Daghlig Garabagh is an integral part of
Azerbaijan. So, Washington should take any political and economic
steps connected with Daghlig Garabagh within legal, political and
economic intereats of Azerbaijan. Hafiz Pashaev revealed the world
known facts for US Congressmen. As a result of Armenian aggression
not only Daghlig Garabagh, but also 7 other regions of Azerbaijan are
under occupation. As the result, 1 million people became IDPs. Azeri
Ambassador also outlined Armenia’s neglect of UN Security Council
Declarations on unconditional withdrawal of Armenian troops from
occupied territories, and calls of NATO and OSCE. He remembered that
though Russia played the mediator role to achieve cease-fire in 1994,
merely Russia’s military help to Armenia and illegal transformation
of weapons costing over 1 billion USD, contributed to aggressive
policy of Armenia. Hafis Pashaev called US Congressmen to respect the
United States official policy on recognizing territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan. He said that in the terms of ongoing negotiations
between Azerbaijan and Armenia on solving Daghlig Garabagh Problem
any support to Frank Pallone and Jo Nollenberg’s proposals would
undermine the Minsk Procecc. Mirana Ismail, ANS