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    Armenian National Committee of America
    888 17th St., NW, Suite 904
    Washington, DC 20006
    Tel: (202) 775-1918
    Fax: (202) 775-5648
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Internet: www.anca.org

    PRESS RELEASE
    August 5, 2004
    Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian
    Tel: (202) 775-1918

    ANCA CALLS ON WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS TO
    PROTEST AZERBAIJANI THREATS AGAINST ARMENIA

    -- Senior Azerbaijani Defense Official
    Calling for End to Armenia's Existence

    WASHINGTON, DC - In letters sent today to the White House and every
    Member of Congress, the Armenian National Committee Of America
    (ANCA) called for a forceful, public protest of open threats by a
    senior Azerbaijani military official against the continued
    existence of the Republic of Armenia.

    Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported yesterday that
    the chief spokesman for Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry, Colonel
    Ramiz Melikov, stated publicly that, "within the next 25-years
    there will exist no state of Armenia in the South Caucasus." He
    added that, ""Modern Armenia is built on historical Azerbaijani
    lands. . . I think that in 25-30 years' times its territory will
    again come under Azerbaijan's jurisdiction." According to FRE/RL,
    Melikov made these remarks to the Baku-based daily newspaper
    "Zerkalo."

    In letters to each Congressional office, the ANCA noted that,
    "these threats were not made by a professor, a columnist, or a
    private Azerbaijani citizen. They were made - on the record in a
    major publication - by the chief spokesperson for the Azerbaijani
    Ministry of Defense." In the ANCA letter to the White House,
    Executive Director Aram Hamparian wrote that it would be a "grave
    error for our government to dismiss these remarks as rhetoric, or
    to address them solely through diplomatic channels. Rather, we
    expect our government to forcefully and publicly confront the
    Azerbaijani government over these patently hateful and
    destabilizing threats. Failure to do so would send extremely
    dangerous signals to Baku."

    For the full text of the RFE/RL report, visit:
    http://www.armenialiberty.org/armeniareport/report/en/2004/08/B401A
    54F-736F-4A52-A74C-A5CFAA15132F.ASP
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