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Crimean Azerbaijani community sends proposal to Crimeaâ€™s Verkhovny Rada

03 June 2010 11:06 (UTC +04:00)

Crimea â€“ APA. Crimean Azerbaijani community addressed Verkhovny Rada (parliament) of the Crimean Autonomous Republic demanding to declare 26th February as a day of commemoration of Khojaly victims, leader of the community Rahim Humbatov told APA. He said the communityâ€™s first address was rejected by the chairman of the Crimean Rada Konstantinov. The parliament of the Crimean Autonomous Republic declared 24th April as a day of â€œcommemoration of the victims of Armeniansâ€™ tragedyâ€ on May 19, 2005.
â€œThe Verkhovny Rada welcomes address of one nation and rejects another one. Such approach violates the Ukraineâ€™s Constitution and the countryâ€™s commitment based on the international agreements to protect human rights and equal rights of the nations. The Crimean parliament passed resolution on the â€œArmenian genocideâ€ violating its regulations. Taken all of these into consideration, the Crimean Azerbaijani community proposes to the Verkhovny Rada to declare 26th February as a day of commemoration of Khojaly victims or to cancel the decision on 24th Aprilâ€, said the Azerbaijani community in its letter.