Today, Azerbaijan
March 6 2010

Azerbaijani ruling party sends letter to speaker of US House of representatives

06 March 2010 [09:21] – Today.Az

The New Azerbaijan Party has sent a letter to the Speaker of the
United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.

"The New Azerbaijan Party very much regrets and strongly condemns the
resolution on the so-called ‘Armenian genocide’ passed by the US House
Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 4 this year," the letter says.

"No doubt, adoption of the decision on the fictitious `Armenian
genocide’, which is not based on established facts, contradicts the
principles of truth and justice."

"The fact that some members of the US House of Representatives voted
for this document under the evident pressure of the Armenian lobby
does not only arouse regret but also heavily damages US-Turkey and
US-Azerbaijan relations," the NAP said in a letter.

"The attempt of the US Congress to adopt such a decision throws shadow
on the country`s mediation efforts since the US, the OSCE Minsk Group
co-chair country, undertook a mission to settle the Armenia-Azerbaijan
conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. On the other hand, US shows disrespect
to its commitment to friendship and partnership. At the same time, it
suggests the country does not want to take objective and impartial
approach to historical events. The Khojaly genocide, which occurred
not so long ago, on February 26, 1992 in the region of Karabakh,
showed to the world, in fact, who is able to commit crimes against
humanity. Nevertheless, the US House of Representatives, for some
reason, has been indifferent to date to this bloody crime, thus,
patronizing the aggressor directly," the letter reads.

"We consider that the decision of the US House Foreign Affairs
Committee will have a negative impact on the regional developments as
a whole and be regarded as a moral and political support to Armenia `
the country, which does not recognize territorial integrity of
neighboring countries and pursued the policy of ethnic purge ` in its
actions threatening peace and stability in the region of Caucasus."

"Expressing sentiments and reaction of the people of Azerbaijan, the
New Azerbaijan Party once again strongly condemns the resolution of
the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, evaluates it as a biased,
partial and unfair step in essence, and hopes that common sense will
prevail in the US Congress, and adoption of the fictitious `Armenian
genocide’ by the Congress will be prevented," the Azerbaijani ruling
party said in its letter.

/AzerTac/
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