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AZERBAIJANI AND TURKISH DIASPORAS IN US START CAMPAIGN AGAINST USAGE OF "PEOPLE OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH" TERM BY WHITE HOUSE
Today
June 27 2011
Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani and Turkish Diasporas in the US has started an
immediate campaign against by sending dozens of letters to the
President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary Clinton, and Chief
of Staff Daley, noting that they are "absolutely deplore, denounce and
protest any usage of the term "people of Nagorno-Karabakh" by the White
House, President Obama and the Administration or any US official".
"The term used by the White House Office of the Press Secretary in its
June 23 statement, and indirectly attributed to President Obama's phone
conversation with Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia, contravenes the
1992 Baker Rules, State Department policy and all preceding and current
Administrations, the UN Security Council resolutions, OSCE position,
as well as facts on the ground", say the letters. "It also contradicts
simple logic - to call two Presidents, but address three people".
The authors remind that, there are only two people locked in the
conflict over NK region of Azerbaijan - the Armenian and Azerbaijani
people. There are no "Nagorno-Karabakh people", just like there is no
such recognized independent entity. "The 120,000 Armenian and 46,000
Azerbaijani communities of NK, like the 600,000 Azerbaijanis from
the entire Karabakh region, are not "people of Nagorno-Karabakh",
but remain Armenian or Azerbaijani ethnically, and Azerbaijani by
citizenship".
"Office of the Press Secretary's usage of ambiguous terminology in
regards to Armenia's aggression and occupation of the Nagorno-Karabakh
region of Azerbaijan can lead to confusion and send mixed signals
to the scholarly community and general public. It will also lead
to distortions by the Armenia government to misrepresent the White
House statement as some tacit recognition of, and legitimacy for,
the criminal regime occupying this de jure part of Azerbaijan,
a total of 16% of territory, for the past 20 years, that displaced
600,000 Azerbaijanis of Karabakh", the letters say.
The Azerbaijani-Americans seek clarification from the Office of the
Press Secretary, correction to the White House website and Federal
Register, as well as a more careful usage of such politically and
legally loaded terminology when addressing the Nagorno-Karabakh
occupation by Armenia.
From: Baghdasarian
Today
June 27 2011
Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani and Turkish Diasporas in the US has started an
immediate campaign against by sending dozens of letters to the
President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary Clinton, and Chief
of Staff Daley, noting that they are "absolutely deplore, denounce and
protest any usage of the term "people of Nagorno-Karabakh" by the White
House, President Obama and the Administration or any US official".
"The term used by the White House Office of the Press Secretary in its
June 23 statement, and indirectly attributed to President Obama's phone
conversation with Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia, contravenes the
1992 Baker Rules, State Department policy and all preceding and current
Administrations, the UN Security Council resolutions, OSCE position,
as well as facts on the ground", say the letters. "It also contradicts
simple logic - to call two Presidents, but address three people".
The authors remind that, there are only two people locked in the
conflict over NK region of Azerbaijan - the Armenian and Azerbaijani
people. There are no "Nagorno-Karabakh people", just like there is no
such recognized independent entity. "The 120,000 Armenian and 46,000
Azerbaijani communities of NK, like the 600,000 Azerbaijanis from
the entire Karabakh region, are not "people of Nagorno-Karabakh",
but remain Armenian or Azerbaijani ethnically, and Azerbaijani by
citizenship".
"Office of the Press Secretary's usage of ambiguous terminology in
regards to Armenia's aggression and occupation of the Nagorno-Karabakh
region of Azerbaijan can lead to confusion and send mixed signals
to the scholarly community and general public. It will also lead
to distortions by the Armenia government to misrepresent the White
House statement as some tacit recognition of, and legitimacy for,
the criminal regime occupying this de jure part of Azerbaijan,
a total of 16% of territory, for the past 20 years, that displaced
600,000 Azerbaijanis of Karabakh", the letters say.
The Azerbaijani-Americans seek clarification from the Office of the
Press Secretary, correction to the White House website and Federal
Register, as well as a more careful usage of such politically and
legally loaded terminology when addressing the Nagorno-Karabakh
occupation by Armenia.
From: Baghdasarian