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    AZERI PRESSURE GROUP IN USA CRITICAL OF CANDIDATE OBAMA'S "PRO-ARMENIAN STANCE"

    EKHO
    Jan 29 2008
    Azerbaijan

    The Azerbaijani community of the USA has criticized presidential
    candidate Barack Obama for what it called statementsagainst Azerbaijan
    and Turkey, the Azerbaijani newspaper Ekho has said. Ekho said that two
    letters criticizing Obama have been posted on the website USAzeris.org.

    The paper quoted the first letter as saying that "Obama's statement
    insults all Azerbaijani Americans andTurkish Americans, as well as
    the US allies of Azerbaijan and Turkey. Obama's comments reveal his
    inexperience and poor judgement, along with unprofessionalism of his
    foreign and domestic ethnic policy campaign advisors".

    Ekho said that the second letter denies Obama's statements about the
    assumed Turkish and Azerbaijani blockadesof Armenia.

    In this way, "he throws his support behind Armenia's aggression,
    occupation and ethnic cleansing of 16 per cent of Azerbaijan", Ekho
    quoted the second letter as saying.

    Obama has pledged to recognize the Armenian "genocide". He has also
    expressed his support for thedevelopment of Armenian-US security
    cooperation and for the strengthening of democracy in Armenia, and
    promisedassistance in securing the opening of the Armenian-Turkish
    border and a solution to the Karabakh problem acceptable toall sides,
    Ekho reported.

    Commenting on the campaign in an interview with Ekho, Foreign
    Ministry spokesman Xazar Ibrahim said that "theAzerbaijani embassy
    in Washington cannot engage in an action of this kind as it is a
    diplomatic representative office.As for the position of US politicians
    on various issues related to Azerbaijan, they have always been and
    are beingclearly informed of Baku's official standpoint.

    Work is under way to inform the US public correctly."

    Ekho also quoted political analyst Elxan Nuriyev as saying that
    "this campaign will benefit our state and first of all, Azerbaijan's
    national interests".
    From: Baghdasarian
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