ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY & ARMENIAN CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS MARK ARTSAKH’S 31ST YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE
AS CAUCUS SENDS LETTER TO ADMINISTRATION URGING HUMANITARIAN AID
Washington, D.C. – The Armenian Assembly of America and the United States Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues leadership congratulated Artsakh on its 31st Independence Day. Armenian Caucus leaders Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Jackie Speier (D-CA), David Valadao (R-CA), and Adam Schiff (D-CA), reiterated their support in the face of the “ongoing challenges and threats posed by Azerbaijan” in a letter addressed to Artsakh Republic President Arayik Harutyunyan.
“We are pushing the United States government to take every available diplomatic action possible to penalize the Azerbaijani and Turkish regimes for their attacks on Artsakh in 2020 and their deadly actions that continue to this day,” the letter emphasized. “This conflict demonstrates the dire need for international actors to pressure President Aliyev into halting his blatant human rights violations and return in good faith to negotiations.”
The Armenian Caucus leadership reassured President Harutyunyan that they are urging the Biden Administration to allocate aid to displaced families from Artsakh.
Assembly Co-Chairs Van Krikorian and Anthony Barsamian stated: “We salute democracy in action in celebrating Artsakh’s Independence Day and thank the Armenian Caucus and the Biden Administration. The recent high level appointment of a new U.S. Co-Chair to the OSCE Minsk Group, multiple other actions, and commitment to finding peace based on those principles is important to preventing another genocide by the Aliyev and Erdogan regimes.”
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