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    SHUSHA'S OCCUPATION PROTESTED IN US

    Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
    May 9 2007

    Azerbaijani community in the US organized a series of demonstrations
    on the 15th anniversary of the occupation of Azerbaijani town of
    Shusha by Armenian forces, APA's US bureau reports.

    The Azerbaijan Society of America (ASA) together with Turkish diasporas
    organized a protest action outside the UN headquarters in New York. The
    crowd of about 100 protesters was holding posters, photos demonstrating
    the occupation of Susha-center of Karabakh by Armenian aggressors.

    ASA president Tomris Azeri read the letter addressed to the UN
    Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The UN high official was called for
    taking urgent actions about the implementation of the UN Resolutions
    on immediate withdrawal of Armenian occupying forces from Azerbaijani
    territories.

    Azerbaijan Council of America together with consulate general in Los
    Angeles, California organized an event on the invasion of Shusha.

    Azerbaijani consul general Elin Suleymanov making an opening speech
    stressed the destruction of Azerbaijani cultural center Shusha is
    inadmissible. He said Armenians continue to destroy cultural-historical
    monuments in other occupied territories of Azerbaijan aiming to wipe
    out Azerbaijani signs.

    The consul general called for the international community, civilized
    world and authoritative bodies not to ignore this fateful issue.

    The Azerbaijan Council of America executive director Javid Huseynov
    presented photos on the history of Shusha. The photos reflected the
    history of the ancient Azerbaijani town from the period of founder of
    the town Panaheli khan till present day of the town reflected in the
    newly-taken photos by Turkish Zaman newspaper. The participants were
    introduced the facts on Armenians destroying Azerbaijani monuments.

    Azerbaijani Embassy in US, Azerbaijani Society of Houston and Northern
    Azerbaijan Cultural Center of California addressed to local communities
    on the anniversary of Shusha's occupation. They informed about the
    Nagorno Karabakh problem.
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