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CONGRESSMAN CROWLEY URGED STATE DEPARTMENT TO CLARIFY MISREPRESENTATION OF NAGORNO KARABAKH
PanARMENIAN.Net
04.05.2007 15:30 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs Frank
Pallone and Joe Knollenberg were joined by House Foreign Affairs
Committee Member Joe Crowley in urging the State Department to clarify
inaccurate language in its 2006 human rights report that dramatically
mischaracterizes the fundamental realities of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
"Armenian Americans appreciate the leadership of Armenian Caucus
Co-Chairmen Joe Knollenberg and Frank Pallone and Congressman Joe
Crowley in seeking clarification from the Department of State
concerning its patently inaccurate and entirely unprecedented
misrepresentation of Armenia as an "occupier" of Nagorno Karabakh and
Azeri territory. We look forward to the State Department's timely
response to their questions and to learning of the steps that the
Secretary intends to take to rectify the damage that this ill-advised
and destructive misrepresentation has already caused to the peace
process," ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian said.
The Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs Pallone and Knollenberg specifically
called on Secretary Rice to publicly clarify that:
1) The report's language describing Armenia as an occupier of
Azerbaijani territory and Nagorno Karabakh is inaccurate and does
not reflect US foreign policy;
2) The United States views the Nagorno Karabakh conflict as
fundamentally about the self-determination of the people of Nagorno
Karabakh; and
3) This misrepresentation would not appear in future reports or other
official documents.
PanARMENIAN.Net
04.05.2007 15:30 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs Frank
Pallone and Joe Knollenberg were joined by House Foreign Affairs
Committee Member Joe Crowley in urging the State Department to clarify
inaccurate language in its 2006 human rights report that dramatically
mischaracterizes the fundamental realities of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
"Armenian Americans appreciate the leadership of Armenian Caucus
Co-Chairmen Joe Knollenberg and Frank Pallone and Congressman Joe
Crowley in seeking clarification from the Department of State
concerning its patently inaccurate and entirely unprecedented
misrepresentation of Armenia as an "occupier" of Nagorno Karabakh and
Azeri territory. We look forward to the State Department's timely
response to their questions and to learning of the steps that the
Secretary intends to take to rectify the damage that this ill-advised
and destructive misrepresentation has already caused to the peace
process," ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian said.
The Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs Pallone and Knollenberg specifically
called on Secretary Rice to publicly clarify that:
1) The report's language describing Armenia as an occupier of
Azerbaijani territory and Nagorno Karabakh is inaccurate and does
not reflect US foreign policy;
2) The United States views the Nagorno Karabakh conflict as
fundamentally about the self-determination of the people of Nagorno
Karabakh; and
3) This misrepresentation would not appear in future reports or other
official documents.