 Armenian Diaspora who raised so-called Armenian genocide allegations on the agenda in every occasion, tried to stain Turkey and defended strongly this stance is shaken by a statement of an American senator. Don Barton, member of Committee for international relations of the US Congress called on Congress to recognize Hocali genocide. Barton said in a session of the House of Representatives, "All communities in the world should know and remember this. The US Congress will break silence of international community regarding this issue, which has continued for long years by recognizing Hocali genocide. Although from time to time, it has been called on the Congressmen to recognize "the so-called Armenian genocide" which has no ground, there has been even one word regarding to the Armenian massacre in Hocali.”
He explained that Hocali, an Azerbaijan city, was erased in maps by Armenians in 1992, all of Azerians means the word of Hocali as sorrow, sadness and cruelty and said that "On February 26, 1992 Armenian troops killed 613 persons in Hocali, held 1.275 persons as prisoner of war, broke the families. 1.000 persons were wounded and disabled, also 150 persons were missing”.
Barton asked to raise the issue on the agenda of the US Congress and to recognize the Hocali genocide.
Solomon Ortiz, a Democrat Congressman and co-chairman of Azerbaijan delegation of the US Congress, said in the House of Representatives that as a result of the invasion of the Armenian Armed Forces in Nogorno-Karabakh and seven regions, 1 million of Azerian people became immigrant and refuge.
Ortiz called on his colleagues to support to be reached the peaceful solution to the Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict and referred the statement of the US State Department, which issued recently and reminded that the USA did not recognize Nogorno-Karabakh as an independent state and not regard its government as legitimate. He explained that although the solution to the issue was tried to be reached within the framework of Minsk group of the OSCE, there was no any concrete result so far, meanwhile the USA continued to work towards this direction and committed the peaceful solution to be reached within the framework of the Minsk group and he referred to the recent decision of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe regarding Nogorno-Karabakh. He pointed out that in the decision it was emphasized that a major part of the Azerbaijan territory is still under the occupation of the Armenian troops and Nogorno-Karabakh is under the control of separatist forces.
Ortiz said that “the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the co-chairman of Minsk Group of the OSCE should try to be reached a consensus on the issue and the parties should respect the resolution of the UN Security Council. That is to say, they should avoid from any military action and armed forces should be withdrawn from all territories under the occupation. I applauded the initiatives of the Council of Europe and the statement of the USA administration. He emphasized that Azerbaijan which locates geographically in a region between Russia and Iran, is an important ally of the USA in the struggle of terrorism.
On the other hand, Azerians who live in Canada applied to the German, French, Sweden and Jews communities who live in this country and asked them to support to negotiate the issue of the Hocali genocide in Canadian official bodies and the Parliament in Ottawa.
Aslan Halidi, the president of The Strategic Research Center of "Uyanis" (Resurgence), said that the application was taken a positive reaction from German and Jews communities and in the application they were asked to explain their opinion as a community. He expressed that Armenian lobby group reflected the Azerbaijan-Armenian conflict in Ottawa as a war between Muslims and Christians; the Canadian Parliament will reply the application on which the issue will be negotiated as soon as possible and these applications are under the examination. Halidi also said that various commemoration ceremonies regarding Hocali genocide will be organized in Ottawa and will be distributed materials to Canadian people regarding Armenian cruelty.
On the other hand, the Southern Azerians who live in Iran applied to the Tehran municipality and asked permission to organize a protest in front of Armenian Embassy on 26 February with the reason of Hocali genocide. The Southern Azerians expressed that even if the protest will not be permitted, the protest will be organized in every condition.
Azerian people who live in Azerbaijan and in Diaspora called on that Hocali genocide should be recognized, their violated rights should be returned to them and those who violated these rights should be punished, those who related to these actions should be sanctioned and the foreign states, banks and persons, that seized properties of people who were exposed the genocide should be undertaken material responsibility. |