GOV. FREUDENTHAL ISSUES PROCLAMATION FOR AZERBAIJAN NATIONAL DAY

US State News
May 28, 2009 Thursday 12:39 AM EST

Gov. Dave Freudenthal, D-Wyo., issued the following proclamation:

WHEREAS, the Republic of Azerbaijan was proclaimed on May 28, 1918,
stretching from the Caucasus mountains in the north to the Araxes river
in the south, Caspian Sea in the east to Kerki in the west, and became
the first secular Muslim parliamentary democratic republic in the
history of the world, and was recognized as such by other democratic
nations of the time, including the United States of America; and

WHEREAS, modern Republic Azerbaijan has an area of 33,440 square
miles, includes the exclave of Naxcivan and the Karabakh region,
is situated in the South Caucasus region, southeastern Europe; and

WHEREAS, the territorial integrity, state sovereignty and independence
of the Republic of Azerbaijan is supported by the United States; and

WHEREAS, every year for the last 91 years, an estimated 40 million
Azerbaijanis around the globe, observe May 28 as the National Day of
Azerbaijan and remember the contribution of their forefathers to the
spread of freedom and democracy in the Caucasus and the greater region;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GOVERNER DAVE FREUDENTHAL, Governor of Wyoming do
hereby proclaim May 28, 2009, to be

AZERBAIJAN NATIONAL DAY

in Wyoming.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
Executive Seal of the Governor of Wyoming to be affixed this 11th
day of May, 2009.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress