AZERBAIJANI PARTY CONDEMNS US CONGRESS AID TO KARABAKH
Tamilla Senjaply News.Az
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Aug 3 2010
Azerbaijan
Gudrat Hasanguliyev The United Popular Front of Azerbaijan Party
has condemned a US Senate decision to allocate $10m in aid to the
unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic.
The party has issued a statement condemning the allocation of financial
assistance to Nagorno-Karabakh’s separatist regime.
The party said in its statement that the allocation of financial
assistance to a separatist regime was contrary to the norms and
principles of international law and encouraged separatism and
international terrorism.
The Nagorno-Karabakh republic is not recognized by the international
community, appeared as the result of the occupation of Azerbaijani
land by Armenia and has no legal status, the party noted.
It said that this act by the United States made its involvement in
the conflict settlement, as one of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk
Group mediators, impossible.
The US Senate Committee on Appropriations adopted a draw law on the
2011 fiscal year budget, according to which Armenia will receive
assistance of $40m, $1m fewer than in 2010, and Karabakh will
receive $10m.
The US embassy in Baku has insisted that the aid will not go to the
separatist government, but to non-governmental humanitarian projects.
The United Popular Front of Azerbaijan Party is chaired by MP Gudrat
Hasanguliyev. He contested the presidential elections in 2003 and 2008.
Hasanguliyev was once a member of the opposition Popular Front of
Azerbaijan Party, led by Ali Karimli. In 2003 he broke away from
the party and set up his own version of the Popular Front. His
erstwhile party colleagues say Hasanguliyev and his party are not
genuine opposition.
From: A. Papazian