SHUSHA’S OCCUPATION PROTESTED IN US
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
May 9 2007
Azerbaijani community in the US organized a series of demonstrations
on the 15th anniversary of the occupation of Azerbaijani town of
Shusha by Armenian forces, APA’s US bureau reports.
The Azerbaijan Society of America (ASA) together with Turkish diasporas
organized a protest action outside the UN headquarters in New York. The
crowd of about 100 protesters was holding posters, photos demonstrating
the occupation of Susha-center of Karabakh by Armenian aggressors.
ASA president Tomris Azeri read the letter addressed to the UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The UN high official was called for
taking urgent actions about the implementation of the UN Resolutions
on immediate withdrawal of Armenian occupying forces from Azerbaijani
territories.
Azerbaijan Council of America together with consulate general in Los
Angeles, California organized an event on the invasion of Shusha.
Azerbaijani consul general Elin Suleymanov making an opening speech
stressed the destruction of Azerbaijani cultural center Shusha is
inadmissible. He said Armenians continue to destroy cultural-historical
monuments in other occupied territories of Azerbaijan aiming to wipe
out Azerbaijani signs.
The consul general called for the international community, civilized
world and authoritative bodies not to ignore this fateful issue.
The Azerbaijan Council of America executive director Javid Huseynov
presented photos on the history of Shusha. The photos reflected the
history of the ancient Azerbaijani town from the period of founder of
the town Panaheli khan till present day of the town reflected in the
newly-taken photos by Turkish Zaman newspaper. The participants were
introduced the facts on Armenians destroying Azerbaijani monuments.
Azerbaijani Embassy in US, Azerbaijani Society of Houston and Northern
Azerbaijan Cultural Center of California addressed to local communities
on the anniversary of Shusha’s occupation. They informed about the
Nagorno Karabakh problem.