Azeri minister warns of fallout from US ‘genocide’ vote
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has said a US
congressional panel’s recent decision to approve a bill branding
the alleged 1915 killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as
"genocide" has "an adverse impact" on the talks aimed at finding a
peaceful solution to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Upper
(Nagorno) Garabagh.
"If US congressmen discuss events which happened 100 years ago, then they should first give an assessment to the Khojaly genocide which happened 20 years ago," added Mammadyarov, referring to the massacre committed by Armenians against Azeris in 1992.
The minister said he disbelieves the US Congress` resolution could help establish peace and stability neither in the South Caucasus nor between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
The US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee has endorsed the "genocide" resolution with a 23-22 vote, even though the Obama administration had urged Congress not to offend Turkey by approving it. The bill is now expected to go to the 435-member House.*
"If US congressmen discuss events which happened 100 years ago, then they should first give an assessment to the Khojaly genocide which happened 20 years ago," added Mammadyarov, referring to the massacre committed by Armenians against Azeris in 1992.
The minister said he disbelieves the US Congress` resolution could help establish peace and stability neither in the South Caucasus nor between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
The US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee has endorsed the "genocide" resolution with a 23-22 vote, even though the Obama administration had urged Congress not to offend Turkey by approving it. The bill is now expected to go to the 435-member House.*
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