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American Azerbaijanis sent over 100,000 emails, faxes and letters to different US officials last year

05 January 2010 08:39 (UTC +04:00)

Washington. Isabel Levine â€“ APA. During the past year American Azerbaijanis sent over 100,000 emails, faxes and letters to different US officials expressing their concerns about various issues â€“ Nagorno-Karabakh, regional security and other, APAâ€™s Washington DC correspondent was told at U.S. Azeris Network (USAN).

The Network reports that, some 30 articles on Azerbaijan have been published in US media, last year.

â€œWe contributed to the growing interest for objective information about Azerbaijan and Diaspora among graduate students, researchers, and journalists as USAN became actively involved in providing this information, that became part of research papers and news articlesâ€ - USAN source added.

The organization points out that USAN was recognized by POLITICO magazine (Congressional political newspaper) as the Azerbaijani-American nationwide grassroots advocacy organization that counters efforts by such Armenian lobby groups as Armenian Assembly of America.

Another success of American Azerbaijanis â€“ the organization had the first-ever official proclamation by the Governor of Nevada commemorating the March 31 (Day of Genocide against Azerbaijanis) as the Azerbaijan Remembrance Day.

â€œDespite massive protests from the Armenian lobby, our community and friends were able to persuade the Governor’s office to not rescind the proclamationâ€ â€“USAN source told APA.

The organization also assures that such activities will be continued during the year of 2010.

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