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Congress of European Azerbaijanis addresses French President

26 December 2011 10:17 (UTC +04:00)

The Congress said the French National Assemblyâ€™s decision to criminalize the denial of made-up â€œArmenian genocideâ€ was a violation of freedom of speech and expression. â€œThis law puts an end to the French peopleâ€™s freedom of speech and expression. It tramples the principles of France.
We, the Congress of European Azerbaijanis, strongly condemn the adoption of this law and express protest against it. This law falsifies the history, seeds hate, enmity and feelings of revenge between the peoples and seriously damages understanding and stability in the world. This law will be useful neither for Armenia, nor Turkey, nor Azerbaijan. It will not bring peace to the Caucasusâ€.

The authors reminded to the French president about the occupation and genocide occurred 20 years ago before the eyes of the world and which have witnesses and facts. â€œIncumbent president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan participated in the massacre against the peaceful population of Khojlay at night from February 25 to 26, 1992. Armenia occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijani territories and more than one million Azerbaijanis became refugees and internally displaced persons. Though the activity of the OSCE Minsk Group, France is the co-chair of this group, for peaceful solution to the conflict, the occupation has not been ended and the murderers have not been punished yet. We, the Congress of European Azerbaijanis, demand France, the member of the OSCE Minsk Group, to secure justice for Khojaly. Peace can not be established on the basis of injustice and rightlessnessâ€.