POLITICS
AMERICAN AZERBAIJANIS CALL ON USA GOVERNMENT TO CONDEMN KHOJALY TRAGEDY
On the eve of the 15th anniversary of the Khojaly tragedy, heads of four organizations of the Azerbaijan community in the USA - the Azerbaijan Society of America, “Azerbaijanis of Houston ", the “Azerbaijan-American Council of California and the Congress of Azerbaijanis of the World have addressed the State Secretary Condoleezza Rice with a message. The message says that on February 26, the 400-thousand Azerbaijan community of the USA together with Azerbaijanis of the world will mark anniversary of Khojaly massacre. The addressers note that over the night from 25 to 26 February 1992, the Armenian armed forces with assistance of the Russian militaries have annihilated the peaceful population of the Azerbaijan city Khojaly, wiped out it. This crime in details has been described by many world mass media, including BBC, “New York Times”, Reuters and others. And the American organization “Human Rights Watch” has named this tragedy “the biggest slaughter during this conflict”.
Citizens of the USA of the Azerbaijan origin have called on the government of the United States to condemn Khojaly massacre and as the co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group, to continue the role of the active intermediary in peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan. They reminded that the question “On situation at the occupied territories of Azerbaijan” was included to the agenda of the 61st session of UN General Assembly. Heads of the Azerbaijan organizations have called on the government of America, using the leading role of the USA in the world to insist on withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces from occupied territories and liquidation of consequences of the ethnic cleaning carried out there.
On the occasion of Khojaly tragedy, the compatriots have organized commemoration ceremony in numerous states of USA.
Demonstrations and rallies took place in Washington, New York, Texas, California, Los-Angeles and other cities of the United States.