Azeris picket Armenian embassy in Moscow over Karabakh
ANS TV, Baku
21 Jul 04
[Presenter] Azerbaijanis living in Moscow picketed the Armenian
embassy in Russia today. The protest was organized by the Movement for
Azerbaijan to mark the 11th anniversary of the occupation of
[Azerbaijan’s] Agdam District. The action started at 1300 Moscow time
[0900 gmt]. After that, our compatriots gathered outside the Bolshoy
Theatre and made for the Armenian embassy. We are over to Moscow
now. The chairman of the Movement for Azerbaijan, Ilqar Qasimov, is on
the line. Ilqar muallim [form of address], how did you manage to stage
the picket?
[Qasimov, captioned, on the phone] The picket passed off at a very
high level. About 50 people took part in it. They mainly demanded that
the Armenian government unequivocally express its stance on the full
implementation of the known UN resolutions [on Nagornyy Karabakh],
that Armenia stop its aggressive policy against Azerbaijan and
withdraw its occupying armed forces from Azerbaijan. We demanded that
[Armenian President] Robert Kocharyan officially apologize to the
Azerbaijani people for delivering a speech against the Azerbaijani
state and people in Strasbourg.
We invited representatives from Armenia’s official circles and mass
media to attend our protest due in Moscow on 23 [July], so that they
can express the Azerbaijani people’s resolute position to the Armenian
public. Let them tell the world public that the Azerbaijani people
will never come to terms with the occupation of their lands and that
Karabakh is Azerbaijan’s integral part.