Turan, Azerbaijan
Oct 18 2007
Azeri activists protest US Congress draft bill on Armenian massacre
Baku, 18 October: The decision of the US House of Representatives
Committee on Foreign Affairs to recognize the so-called "Armenian
genocide" in Ottoman Turkey revealed Washington’s genuine attitude to
the Turkic world. This was the main topic of today’s roundtable held
by representatives of the Azerbaijani public.
Such a position by the USA casts doubts on America’s impartiality as
a mediator in settling the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict, Tanzila
Rustamxanli, head of the NGO Azeri-Turkic Women, said.
The participants in the gathering adopted an address to Washington in
which they condemned the draft resolution of Congress on the
recognition of the genocide.
After the gathering, its participants laid a wreath at the US embassy
with "American democracy is hostage to Armenian lobby" written on it.
They also handed over the address to embassy officials.