Friday, January 21, 2005

PanArmenian News
Jan 20 2005


RALLY AGAINST US ASSISTANT STATE SECRETARY STATEMENTS ON KARABAKH HELD IN ARMENIA

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Yesterday in Yerevan representatives of a range of youth and student organizations held a rally procession towards the building of the US Embassy in Armenia. The action, in which over 200 took part, aimed at expressing protest against the statement of US Assistant Secretary of State Elizabeth Jones that "establishment of stability in Pridnestrovye, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno Karabakh proceeds from interests of Russia and corruption should be ended and ruling criminal separatists taken away there." In the words of action participants, their goal was to demonstrate to the civilized world and Elizabeth Jones that Nagorno Karabakh people and authorities cannot be considered separatists, as Nagorno Karabakh has never been and will never be part of Azerbaijan. The action participants also reminded that Karabakh Armenians are guided by the principle of self-determination. "The conflict in Nagorno Karabakh is not a small change for political games between the US and Russia," Chairman of the Student Council of Yerevan State University Mihran Hakobian stated. It should be noted that the action participants conveyed a respective statement to the Embassy.

No comments:

Post a Comment