AZERBAIJANI MPS PROTEST AGAINST U.S. CONGRESS ASSISTANCE TO NAGORNO KARABAKH.

ArmInfo
2009-12-16 08:51:00

ArmInfo. Azerbaijani MPs have expressed protest against U.S. Congress
assistance to Nagorno Karabakh.

"Special discussions on U.S. Congress assistance to Armenian community
of Nagorno Karabakh should be held at the Parliament and we must
address to the Congress," Trend News quotes MP Musa Guliyev as
saying today.

According to Guliyev, "rendering assistance to Armenian separatists
counteracts all norms of international law." "This step of U.S.,
who recognizes Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, implies moral
and material support. This step decreases a confidence and trust to
U.S. in Azerbaijan," the MP added.

Guliyev said that, U.S. might provide assistance to Nagorno Karabakh’s
Armenian community through Azerbaijani Government. "If the Congress
allocated funds to Azerbaijan in this purpose we would assist both
Azerbaijani and Armenian communities," Guliyev underscored.

MP stressed the importance of adopting a special decision to send to
the Congress in this respect.

"Providing assistance to Nagorno-Karabakh is a step which damages
the U.S. directly," Permanent Committee on State Building and Law
Chairman Ali Huseynov said.

Huseynov said National Leader Heydar Aliyev expressed an attitude to
such kind of steps by times.

"The U.S. is hurting its image of a fair country," Huseynov added.

"The Parliament should adopt an appropriate decision to protest to
U.S. Government urgently."

To remind, a few days ago US Congress adopted a decision stipulating
$8mln assistance to Nagorno-Karabakh in 2010.