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American Azerbaijanis and Turks to protest behind Armenian embassy building

08 April 2010 09:10 (UTC +04:00)

Main events will be held in Washington DC and New-York.The Diaspora is planning to protest behind the Armenian embassy building. In the beginning of this week the Diaspora started distributing brochures in the US capitol, where they try to explain the real meaning of the 1915 events.

â€œOur first goal is to explain the US elite what that issue is and to make them forget about itâ€, - said a member of Diaspora Rejep Mekhmet.

According to him, the administrations in the US are using this issue as a tool for influence on their local politics.

â€œBut this shouldnâ€™t be such a tool, that some US government representatives can use as a toy. The Diaspora also thinks that US keeps this issue on the agenda, in order to use it against Turkey which is prospering from day to dayâ€, - he said.

Another Diaspora member Rashid Sabakh reminded that Turkey is the key country in the region and also one of the key countries global, and that may be a reason for US to use such tools as 1915 events as an instrument against the country. â€œTurkey, a country that wants to solve the conflicts, with the help of 1915 issue is sometimes being represented controversiallyâ€, - he said.

Besides the protest actions there will be held information sessions about the events of 1915 in April in the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Kent State University in Ohio, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Northwestern University in Chicago, Georgetown University and Rayburn House Office Building in Washington DC.

The information sessions will be held with the information assistance of Turkish professor Turkkaya Ataov, who is Professor Emeritus in International Relations at Ankara University.