Nagorno Karabakh debated in Salt Lake city

The conference initiated by Political Research Department of Salt Lake City University discussed the occupation of Lachin and Shusha regions of Azerbaijan focusing on the solution ways of the conflict, head of Turkish World and Nationalism Department at Political Research department of Salt Lake University Hakan Yavuz told APA.

He said Azerbaijan Consul General to Los-Angeles Elin Suleymanov, specialist on Azerbaijan and the author of "Azerbaijan Diary" book Thomas Goltz, celebrated US journalist, the author of several films about Southern Caucasus region Dodge Billingslyin, the professor of Wisconsin-Madison University Gulay Shamiloghlu and about 60 intellectuals participated in the conference.

Elin Suleymanov spoke on the history of Armenian occupation of ancient Azerbaijan towns Shusha and Lachin, stressing that the occupation turns 15 year.

Suleymanov on the demonstration of Soviet period films about Nagorno Karabakh informed the participants of the vandalism facts in the period of Armenian occupation.

Consul General said official Baku is making efforts to settle the conflict over its occupied territories within territorial integrity of sates under international law.

The professor of Montana University Thomas Goltz told APA the historical maps on the region were demonstrated in the conference. He compared the historical ethnic borders on the basis of ancient maps.

Goltz demonstrated the map on so called "Armenia - from Sea to Sea."

Giulay Shamiloghlu, professor of Wisconsin-Madison University stressing the pathological hostile attitude of Armenians towards all nations of Turkish roots said this is the substantial factor in the character of conflict.
The conference at Salt Lake University is to be broadcasted at Public Radio of Utah State.

Utah has the biggest Armenian community in US. Businessmen from Utah have been invested in energy and chemical industry of Caucasus states. The church of Marmons has large religious network in Caucasus.

After the conference, Elin Suleymanov met the leadership of Marmons church and Senate.