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Azerbaijani parliament to adopt declaration of protest to U.S. Congress

Politics Materials 5 March 2010 18:24 (UTC +04:00)
Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliament offered to respond with a declaration of protest to the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee’s decision on the "Armenian genocide".
Azerbaijani parliament to adopt declaration of protest to U.S. Congress

Azerbaijan, Baku, March 5 / Trend , A. Huseynbala /

Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliament offered to respond with a declaration of protest to the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee's decision on the "Armenian genocide".

"We must create a group and send a declaration of protest to Congress," Parliament Deputy Chairman Bahar Muradova said at the meeting today.

According to Muradova, adoption the declaration of protest in the parliament will be also indicator of Azerbaijani-Turkish solidarity.  

Speaker Oktay Asadov supported the offer and stated that the document will be prepared with the participation of parliament committees.

Samad Seyidov, chairman of the Milli Majlis standing committee on international relations and inter-parliamentary relations also stressed importance of preparation and adoption of the declaration of protest.

The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted yesterday with 23 to 22 votes a resolution recognizing the so-called "genocide."

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