U. S. Azeris Network (USAN) has sent a letter to President Barack Obama concerning the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
USAN Managing Director Adil Baguirov said they aimed to put an end to the speculations of ultranationalist and radical Armenian forces in the U.S. over the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations.
“As Azerbaijani-Americans, we greatly appreciate your joint declaration with Presidents of France and Russia, your phone calls about NK conflict with President Aliyev and President Gul, the reinvigorated work of the OSCE Minsk Group of which U.S. is a
“Our key aspiration is the liberation of all occupied Azerbaijani lands through the peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the basis of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity. We believe that one of our most important objectives as a community of people tracing their heritage to the land of Azerbaijan is to educate our government and lawmakers to assist in enhancement of the bilateral ties between Azerbaijan and the United States. Azerbaijani-Americans support the long-term strategic allied relations between the United States and Azerbaijan, and we fully encourage the development of bilateral cooperation between America and all Turkic nations,” the letter said.
Hence, we welcome your positive steps in resolving the NK conflict, and offer you our full support in light of relentless criticism from ultranationalist and maximalist Armenian special interest groups that have built their entire raison d'etre on creating and perpetuating only negativism, hate mongering and intimidation.
USAN reminded that it is Armenia that is occupying Azerbaijan for almost two decades now, not the other way around, and it is Armenia that caused almost a million Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs, and according to U.S. Government, committed “crimes against humanity” in Azerbaijan, such as the largest war crime in the region, the Khojaly Massacre in 1992. “Armenia's creation of a
“It should be further stressed once again, that we all fully and unequivocally support the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. No question about it, NK has to remain part of Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, we also recognize the other Helsinki Final Act principles of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, which are envisioned within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.”
“Per equal rights and the participation of interested parties to the conflict, indeed, the engagement of Karabakh's ethnic communities in negotiations is an absolute must for reestablishing peace in that region. In fact, the conditions for an equal engagement of all parties in the conflict were already enshrined in the “Baker Rules” proposed in 1992 by the first peacemaking mission of the CSCE Minsk Group, led by then U. S. Secretary of State, James Baker III. These rules, agreed to by all sides, recognized the two ethnic communities of the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan as the “interested parties,” and Armenia and Azerbaijan “as the “principal parties.”
“However, the radical Armenian lobby organizations stop short of mentioning the ethnic Azerbaijani community, which prior to the conflict in 1988 comprised a third of Nagorno-Karabakh's population and 99% of the population of the seven other, surrounding and currently occupied, regions of Azerbaijan. It shall be understood that while the present conditions of Armenia“s military occupation preclude the participation of Karabakh's ethnic Armenian community in the peace process, a lasting peace in Nagorno-Karabakh can only be achieved after the return and peaceful
On Friday, the American-Azerbaijani Council also issued a statement on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The statements were made after that the leader of the Armenian National Committee of America Kenneth Khachikian sent a letter to President Obama noting the necessity of involving the
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