I am pleased to join my good friend and colleague STEVEN SOLARZ in introducing a resolution condemning the discriminatory practices of the Bulgarian Government toward the countrys ethnic Turkish community. STEVEN SOLARZ has a long and distinguished record as a defender of human rights worldwide and his untiring work on behalf of oppressed peoples everywhere truly exemplifies American idealism at its finest and most effective. The resolution STEVEN SOLARZ and I are sponsoring also calls on Bulgaria to honor its obligations to allow Bulgarian citizens to emigrate freely and urges the President and Secretary of State to make diplomatic representations to the Bulgarian Government protesting the brutal treatment of Bulgarian Turks. A similar resolution is being introduced in the
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