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  • BAKU: Azeri activists picket US embassy over Armenian genocide bill

    Turan News Agency, Azerbaijan
    Oct 19 2007


    Azeri activists picket US embassy over Armenian genocide bill


    Baku, 19 October: About 20 activists of the Dalga youth movement have
    staged a rally of solidarity with the Turkish people in front of the
    Turkish embassy. The rally was staged in connection with the unfair
    decision of a US Congress committee to recognize the so-called
    genocide of Armenians in Turkey.

    The police were waiting for the protesters in front of the US
    embassy. The protesters set two white pigeons free.

    The leader of the organization, Vafa Cafarli, read out the resolution
    of the picket which said that the recognition of the Armenian
    genocide by the US Congress will strengthen Armenian chauvinism and
    weaken the role of the United States in the region.

    A representative of the embassy, John Polaschik, who came out to meet
    the protesters said that "the current situation has a negative impact
    on relations between the USA and Turkey". She expressed the hope that
    Congress will not approve the draft resolution adopted by the
    committee.
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