Azerbaijani embassy in Turkey will hold a series of events on 18th anniversary of Khojaly tragedy. Within the framework of these events conference on “Bleeding wound in Azerbaijan- Khojaly genocide” will be held at dentistry faculty at Gazi University on February 24, press service of the embassy told APA.
An event titled “Khojaly genocide - no word to say” in “Memar Kamaladdin” hall of this university will be held on February 25. Presentation of the website www.hocaliyaadadlet-tr.com created by the support of embassy, representation of “Justice for Khojaly” in Ankara and signature collection campaign will be held at the event. A serious of events will be held at Kechioren municipality in Ankara on February 26. First, wreath will be put on the monument of “Khojaly genocide victims” at municipality, speeches will be delivered. Then an exhibition titled “Khojaly dram” will be opened at Estergon castle. After the opening of exhibition, the film “Khojaly Genocide” shot by the support of Haydar Aliyev Foundation will be demonstrated, signatures will be collected within the framework of campaign “Justice for Khojaly”. Exhibition will last 1 week. Conference titled “Don’t forget Khojaly, don’t force to forget” will be held at 15.00. Besides, press-releases will be sent to embassies in Ankara and Turkish Foreign Ministry. Writings enlightening the tragedy will be published at local Mass Media, invited professor and teachers’ staff will present and deliver speech at Khojaly events in on-air program at TRT-Avaz channel. Also commemorate days are expected to be held at different educational institutions in Ankara with the participation of Azerbaijani students. Students studying in Ankara, our compatriots, representatives of non-governmental organizations, official representatives, heads of foreign embassies in the country, teacher and student staff from educational institutions in different cities of Turkey will attend the events of the embassy. US AZERBAIJANIS SEND LETTERS TO OBAMA, BIDEN, CLINTON, CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS FOR COMMEMORATING AN RECOGNIZING KHOJALY MASSACRE
During the past couple weeks American Azerbaijanis and their US supporters have sent 1211 letters to the US Administration, including US President Barack Obama, vice-president Joe Biden, secretary of state Hilary Clinton, as well as US Congressmen and Senators, APA’s Washington correspondent was told at Azerbaijani Diaspora organization USAN.
The reason for sending the letters was to recognize and commemorate the Khojaly Massacre of 1992.
The authors of the letter point out that “All Azerbaijani people will forever remember where they were on February 26, 1992, like all Americans will forever remember where they were on the tragic morning of September 11, 2001. Having experienced terror firsthand, Azerbaijan has become a staunch ally of the United States in the War on Terror and a member of the Coalition, with Azerbaijani battle-ready peacekeepers serving side-by-side with Americans in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq”.
On the 18th anniversary of the massacre the Diaspora is also calling upon the to properly recognize and commemorate this tragedy on the floor of the Congress, in the Congressional Record, and by attending a vigil, and to pressure the Armenian government to accept its responsibility for this massacre and withdraw its troops from the occupied regions of Azerbaijan.
In the meanwhile the Turkish and Azerbaijani Diasporas have sent during the recent two weeks more than 2436 letters to the representatives of US government, including the Congress members and the House and Senate Foreign affairs Committee. These letters are targeting to influence the US Congress to vote against the H252, Congressional resolution on the so called "Armenian Genocide", voting on which has been has been scheduled for a vote in at the House Foreign Affairs Committee on March 4, 2010.
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