Nevada announces mourning over genocide of Azeris
Mourning has been declared in the US state of Nevada
over March 31, the date marking 1918 genocide of Azerbaijanis,
Governor Jim Gibbons has said in a statement.
The statement was issued in reply to tens of letters Gibbons had received through the US Azeris Network (USAN).
It is the first proclamation by US official in the history, recognizing the fact of massacres of Azerbaijani civilians by Armenian gangs at the dawn of the 20th century.
According to USAN`s Executive Director Adil Baghirov, activist Bob Guney has made a major contribution to achieving the issuance of this statement.
It extends condolences over the killings of tens of thousands of innocent people by Armenians in Baku and other cities of Azerbaijan in 1918.
The governor also wrote that the United States recognizes Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity and considers as its inseparable part Upper Garabagh, a region that has long been under Armenian occupation.
The statement was issued in reply to tens of letters Gibbons had received through the US Azeris Network (USAN).
It is the first proclamation by US official in the history, recognizing the fact of massacres of Azerbaijani civilians by Armenian gangs at the dawn of the 20th century.
According to USAN`s Executive Director Adil Baghirov, activist Bob Guney has made a major contribution to achieving the issuance of this statement.
It extends condolences over the killings of tens of thousands of innocent people by Armenians in Baku and other cities of Azerbaijan in 1918.
The governor also wrote that the United States recognizes Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity and considers as its inseparable part Upper Garabagh, a region that has long been under Armenian occupation.
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