AZERBAIJAN COMMUNITY OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH URGES US STATE DEPARTMENT

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
April 24 2007

"Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh" Public Union’s chief
Nizami Bahmanov sent a protest letter to Anne Derse, US Ambassador
to Azerbaijan on the changes to the initial 2006 State Department
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Public Union told APA that
the fact of changes to the paper is nothing but indifference to the
violation of rights of 700 thousand IDPs and especially of 62 thousand
population of occupied Nagorno Karabakh. The letter states "It is not
understandable how the country aspiring to keep peace world-wide and
defend human rights is influenced by Armenian organizations which have
links with terrorists. This amendment on the report overshadows the
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and we appreciate it as support
for Nagorno Karabakh separatist regime," the letter reads.

Azerbaijan community of Karabakh demanded US as one of the co-chairs
of OSCE Minsk Group to hold fair position and republish the report
in the initial edition.