Trend, Azerbaijan
March 5 2010

Azerbaijani parliament to adopt declaration of protest to U.S. Congress

05.03.2010 18:24
Azerbaijan, Baku, March 5 / Trend News, A. Huseynbala /

Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliament offered to respond with
a declaration of protest to the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign
Affairs Committee’s decision on the "Armenian genocide".

"We must create a group and send a declaration of protest to
Congress," Parliament Deputy Chairman Bahar Muradova said at the
meeting today.

According to Muradova, adoption the declaration of protest in the
parliament will be also indicator of Azerbaijani-Turkish solidarity.

Speaker Oktay Asadov supported the offer and stated that the document
will be prepared with the participation of parliament committees.

Samad Seyidov, chairman of the Milli Majlis standing committee on
international relations and inter-parliamentary relations also
stressed importance of preparation and adoption of the declaration of
protest.

The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted yesterday with 23 to
22 votes a resolution recognizing the so-called "genocide."
From: Baghdasarian