Speech #1050019862

I think personally by the President. but certalny to not continue this policy or not recognizing or not prmoting Karabaghs selfdetermination. I bring this back again to the genocide issue because one of the things that was certainly brought home to me when I was In NagornoKarabagh Is the fact that the history of what has occurred In that region of the world not only at the time of the genocide between 1915 and 1923. but certainly before and after makes it almost impossible for people who are Armenian. who live in NagornoKarabagh. to think that they van ever be protected or ever have any kind of security If they live under the suzerainty of Azerbalijan. I met a woman outside of Yerevan who was a refugee. and really a victim of three genocides. She was basically deported or had to escape from western Armenia at the time of the 1915 genocide. she went to Sushi. which is a town. a religious center. in Karabagh. and was expelled or deported from there a few years later. then she ended up In Baku. which is the capital of Azerbaijan. and she was about 5 or 6 years ago she was expelled and deported from there and ended up In Yerevan. So there are people who In the course of their lives have been the victims of deportation or genocide on many occasions. They are never going to accept the notion that somehow they are part of Azerbaijan or that they can live peaceably under the suzerainty of AzerbWlJan. That Is why I believe very strongly that the United States has to recognize that fact.