[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 31 (Tuesday, March 5, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E242]
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                HONORING THE PEOPLE OF NAGORNO KARABAKH

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                            HON. DEVIN NUNES

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 5, 2013

  Mr. NUNES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today alongside my colleague, 
Representative David Valadao, to pay tribute to the people of Nagorno 
Karabakh.
  Armenians have suffered some of the worst savagery of recent history, 
from the massacre of more than a million people in the Armenian 
Genocide, to the cruel repression of Soviet rule, to Azerbaijan's war 
against Nagorno Karabakh and the ongoing siege of that region. Through 
these trials and tribulations, the Armenian people have paid a steep 
price for their freedom. The hero's welcome Azerbaijan recently 
afforded to Ramil Safarov, an Azerbaijani military officer who murdered 
a sleeping Armenian officer during a NATO-sponsored program in Hungary, 
is a stark reminder of the unrelenting hostility Armenians face today.
  In this year, which marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of another 
anti-Armenian atrocity--the Sumgait pogroms--we pay homage to the 
Armenian people and particularly the people of Nagorno Karabakh, who 
bravely struggle to maintain their right to self-determination.

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