Elin Suleymanov, the Azerbaijani Consul General in Los-Angeles, appealed to the Chairman of the World Affairs Council in Los-Angeles, Kurtis Mack, Trend reports.
Suleymanov decided to write a letter to the Council following the resolution by the Council on a meeting with the head of the separatist regime of Nagorno-Karabakh, Arkadiy Ghoukassian.
I appreciate the great work done by the World Affairs Council to promote interest in international affairs. Therefore, given your organization's prominent role in Los Angeles area, I was both surprised and disappointed to learn that the Council is planning an event for the so-called president' of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, the appeal says.
As you are well aware, the separatist Armenian regime established on Azerbaijan's territories occupied by Armenia is not recognized by any single state, including the United States and even Armenia itself. The facts of occupation and ethnic cleansing are well documented and recognized by the international community and the United States Government. There are several UN Security Council resolutions calling for the withdrawal of Armenian troops, and the United States is a co-mediator between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Furthermore, the elections held by the single ethnicity Armenian separatist regime, including those involving Mr. Ghoukassian, have never been recognized and, in fact, have been condemned by the international community, he emphasized.
The Consul General stressed that since Mr. Ghoukassian can speak only on behalf of the Armenian separatists based in Nagorno-Karabakh, not for the entire population of the occupied territories, and because the Nagorno-Karabakh region is a universally accepted part of Azerbaijan, he strongly urges to indicate the unrecognized nature of both the speaker and the entity he claims to represent in your announcement. As noted earlier, otherwise, it is misleading and, among other things, contradicts the U.S. official position. Furthermore, it would be only fair to provide representatives of the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh an opportunity to express their views in the near future as well.