AZERBAIJANI REPUBLIC DAY TO BE MARKED IN ISRAEL

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
April 27 2007

Israeli-Azerbaijan International Association (IAIA) is planning to hold
solemn event on May 28 – Republic day of Azerbaijan, the vice-president
of organization Alex Shapiro told the APA Israeli bureau.

He stated that holiday event will be held in Israeli Knesset dedicated
to the 89th anniversary the first democratic Islamic republic in the
East on May 24. Israeli-Azerbaijan International Association promised
to do all organizational works as there is not Azerbaijani Embassy
in Israel. Israeli President, Prime Minister, parliamentarians and
foreign diplomats are expected to attend the event.

Shapiro commenting on Armenians’ marking the anniversary of so-called
genocide in Israel, said he expresses his solidarity with the official
position of the country regarding this issue. He said that Jews were
subject to genocide by fascists in the 20th century and Holocaust
can not be compared with any genocide in the history of mankind.

"It is unacceptable to identify Armenians and Jews in genocide issue,"
he stressed.