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    AZERBAIJANI PARTY SUPPORTS TURKEY

    news.az
    March 9 2010
    Azerbaijan

    The Civil Unity Party has voiced regret at resolution adopted by US
    Committee recognizing the killings of Armenians in Ottoman Empire as
    'genocide'.

    'We, as a political party, consider this decision unjust, as it
    does not reflect the real situation that prevailed n the Ottoman
    Empire in the early part of last century,' Sabir Hajiyev, Civil Unity
    Party chairman, Milli Majlis deputy and a member of the Azerbaijani
    delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

    'The issue of the so-called "genocide" has been discussed long ago.

    The Armenian lobby has repeatedly raised it in the United States
    and other countries, but the state figures of most countries have
    correctly assessed the situation, considering it wrong to assess the
    1915 events in this way. It is historians who should deal with this
    issue,' he said.

    Hajiyev said that the members of his party supported Turkey and the
    Turkish people.

    'We support Turkey. Azerbaijan has always been close to our friendly
    Turkish people. We do hope that the US Congress will not consider this
    decision of the committee and that justice will win. We believe in
    the wisdom of Congress and the US leadership. And I think strategic
    relations with Turkey are more important for the White House today
    than the efforts of some Armenian lobby that has been trying to pass
    this issue in Congress for decades. We think that they won't succeed,'
    the parliamentarian said.
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