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Azerbaijan and Turkey have got a clear message to temper their ambitions as the White House issued a statement on behalf of the president declining to commemorate the so-called massacre in Khojalu.

Moreover, the Obama administration also said that the events in which the Azeri side claims Armenians were responsible for many civilian deaths were connected with military operations – another reminder to Azerbaijan that the Karabakh conflict cannot be resolved by force.

Azerbaijani activists had run two petitions on the White House website, gathering more than 120,000 votes in their support. The petitions called for the recognition of the 1992 events near the village of Khojalu in Karabakh and also for a U.S. presidential statement on February 26 – the day that marks the tragedy.  Read more... (626 words)

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