POLITICS
US AZERIS CALL ON OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO RECOGNIZE KHOJALY GENOCIDE
Baku, February 24 (AZERTAC). US Azeris Network (USAN) has sent 1211 letters in last two weeks to US President Barack Obama, vice president Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as US Administration officials, congressmen and senators calling on them to recognize the Khojaly genocide.
In the letters, USAN raises the US officials` awareness of consequences of Armenia`s military aggression against Azerbaijan, including the Khojaly genocide.
The Network also calls on the US officials to include the issue in agenda of Congress hearings and also make pressure on the Armenian government in order to force it to withdraw its military from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
In the letters, USAN invites US congressmen to attend ceremonies to be held in the United States on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide.
In last two weeks, Turkish and Azerbaijani diasporas have sent 2436 letters to the US Government on the issue.