AZERBAIJANI MP: U.S PRESIDENT NOT TO UTTER WORD ‘GENOCIDE’
Trend
April 15 2010
Azerbaijan
The U.S. president, in his traditional speech April 24, did not
pronounce the word "genocide", Azerbaijani MP said.
"President Barack Obama will not assess the events of 1915, as
destruction because of ethnicity," member of political council of
the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, MP Aydin Mirzazade told Trend.
The Armenians and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor
of Turkey – the Ottoman Empire in 1915, committed genocide against
Armenians living in Anatolia. The Armenians want recognition of this
fact throughout the world. They strengthen the propaganda of genocide
in many countries and achieved recognition in the parliaments of
some countries.
Mirzazade said that the U.S. have a tradition of statehood. It is
responsible to the world as the largest country.
"The U.S. can not lose its influence because of dirty interests of
one ethnic group. I think that, a decision will be made like last
year but the U.S. will not take such a step," he said.
MP said if the U.S. makes this action, they may lose their influence
as a state.
"In this case, the U.S. government will prove that it became a victim
of petty emotions, and will lose such an influential partner like
Turkey," Mirzazade said.