[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 607-608]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN POGROMS

  (Ms. CHU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. CHU. Between 1988 and 1990, the Armenian population was the 
target of racially motivated pogroms in Azerbaijan. Hundreds of 
Armenians were murdered and more wounded during three violent attacks 
in Sumgait, Kirovabad, and Baku.
  Though the ethnic cleansing programs occurred over 20 years ago, they 
were atrocious acts of cruelty. We cannot forget them.
  I worry the sentiments that sparked this violence still remain in the

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Nagorno-Karabakh. Just last month, Azerbaijan began buying up weapons 
to regain control of the region. The President of Azerbaijan declared 
this is, ``not a frozen conflict, and it's not going to be one.''
  America must remain committed to a peaceful and democratic resolution 
to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, not one that relives the past.

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