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March 5 2010

Congress step is mistaken and unfair – Presidential official
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Ali Hasanov Azerbaijan’s presidential administration comments on
recognition of so-called `Armenian genocide’ in US Congressional
Committee.

The Azerbaijani presidential administration has condemned yesterday’s
decision of the committee on foreign affairs of the US Congress about
the fictional `Armenian genocide’.

Ali Hasanov, chief of the public policy department of Azerbaijan’s
Presidential Administration, said that this step is mistaken and
unfair:

‘All countries and peoples that participated in the First World War in
1915 suffered losses at one of the fronts. Some of them had greater
losses, others had smaller losses. It is not for the Congress of the
country which claims for the status of superpowers but for independent
historians to decide about the implications of war for each country.

The Azerbaijani government condemns this step by the US Congressmen
featuring it as one-sided, unjust and pro-Armenian, targeting the
Turkic world. We consider that this step does not meet the interests
of the United States and the US people and it will damage the
international image of this country’.

Hasanov voiced hope that this decision of the committee will receive
the relevant assessment in the Congressional House of Representatives
and will return back, while the responsibility for this will be lifted
from the US government.

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