State Telegraph Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan
March 5, 2010 Friday
YAP SENDS LETTER TO SPEAKER OF US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Baku March 5
The New Azerbaijan Party has sent a letter speaker of the United
States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. The letter, in
particular, says: Dear Mrs. 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.
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 damage US-Turkey and
US-Azerbaijan relations.
The attempt of the US Congress to adopt such a decision throws shadow
on the country`s mediation efforts since the US, 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.
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.