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Armenian Youth Federation protests Azerbaijani Consul Generalâ€™s speech at Pacific Club in Los Angeles

05 March 2010 15:16 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Consul General of Azerbaijan to Los Angeles Elin Suleymanov delivered speech at the event organized by the World Affairs Council, Orange County at the Pacific Club on March 4. He spoke about the role of Azerbaijan in the South Caucasus, APA reports. The Consul General informed the participants about the leadership of Azerbaijan in the region and its balanced and pragmatic foreign policy founded by Heydar Aliyev and successfully carried out by President Ilham Aliyev.

US former ambassador to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish, representatives of socio-political quarters, as well as Azerbaijani and Turkish communities of California attended the event. The Consul General said Azerbaijan was a tolerant and multi-cultural country, as well as first secular country in the Muslim world.

Armenian community remaining loyal to its radical traditions held a non-constructive action outside the Pacific Club in a protest against the Azerbaijani diplomatâ€™s speech. Armenian Youth Federation, which is misled by the Armenian radicals and not understanding the realities even partly, participated in the action. Nearly 100 Armenians used different methods to prevent the event. They breached public order and local legislature and attempted to enter the Club to break the event, but the event was successfully ended.