NATIONAL MINORITIES CONDEMN NAGORNO-KARABAKH REFERENDUM
At the initiative of the Head of Russian community of Azerbaijan Mikhail Zabelin, the participants of the gathering agreed to establish the Congress of National Minorities of the Azerbaijan Republic. They formed a working group, produced a charter of the organization, and issued an appeal to the UN, OSCE, Council of Europe, U.S. Department of State and Congress, parliament of France, Russia’s Foreign Ministry and State Duma, strongly protesting against the so-called “constitutional referendum” in Nagorno-Karabakh. “This action by the separatist regime of Nagorno-Karabakh contradicts not only Constitution of Azerbaijan but also norms and principles of the international law,” the appeal says.
It also says that representatives of tens of nationalities and ethnic groups have been living in Azerbaijan for ages. They enjoy all the rights of citizens of the sovereign and democratic country, with the opportunity to preserve and develop their culture, language and traditions.
The Congress of National Minorities expressed its full support for the efforts by the leadership of Azerbaijan towards resolution of the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the base of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, and called for condemnation of the illegal act, and unrecognizing of the results of the so-called “referendum”.
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