Earlier today, ANCA WR Executive Director Elen Asatryan submitted two testimonies in opposition to H.R. 9 and H.R. 13 to the Hawaii House Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts noting that the resolutions include blatant misrepresentations and false statements regarding the Republic of Azerbaijan, Armenian-Azeri relations, the historical background and the current state of Nagorno-Karabakh as well as the circumstances surrounding the events at Khojaly.

H.R. 9 and H.R. 13 will be brought to a vote tomorrow, Wednesday, February 12, 2013.

The full text of the ANCA WR testimonies are provided in the links below.

ANCA WR Testimony Opposing Hawaii H.R. 9

ANCA WR Testimony Opposing Hawaii H.R. 13

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