WORLD’S AZERBAIJANIS UNION STARTS PROTEST CAMPAIGN ON SO-CALLED "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE"
Trend
March 16 2010
Azerbaijan
World’s Azerbaijanis Union (DAB) in Belgium has started a campaign of
letters of protest in connection the support in different countries
for so-called "Armenian genocide", the press service of the State
Committee for Work with the Diaspora told Trend News.
According to the head of DAB Adalat Guliyev, the letters of protest
under the slogan "No to H. Res 252!!!" strongly condemn the decision
H. Res 252 of U.S. House of Representatives committee on foreign
affairs dated March 4, which recognizes the so-called "Armenian
genocide", the decision of the committee on foreign affairs on the
same content, as well as Swedish Parliament’s official recognition
of so-called "Armenian genocide" on March 11.
The letters were addressed to U.S. President Barack Obama, Vice
President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, UN Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon, the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, international
organizations, as well as every congressman and senator recognizing
and supporting the "Armenian genocide".
Together with the facts confirming the absence of such event as
"Armenian genocide" in the history, the letters contain information
on Armenia’s occupation of 20 percent of Azerbaijani territories,
UN and Council of Europe resolutions on withdrawal of armed forces
of Armenia from the occupied lands and the challenge to recognize
Khojaly genocide.