ANCA’s Aram Hamparian comments on the one-sided Azerbaijan “peace agreement” being forced upon Armenia
WASHINGTON, DC – Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Executive Director Aram Hamparian issued the following statement in response to premature reports of a “peace” deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
“The ANCA seeks a real peace – a just and enduring peace that respects the rights of the Armenian nation and ensures the return of Armenians to Artsakh – not a fake ‘peace’ – a one-sided surrender of Armenian security and sovereignty forced on Yerevan at the point of a gun,” stated Hamparian.
According to press reports, Armenia and Azerbaijan have announced that negotiations on a peace agreement have concluded, with both governments signaling readiness to sign a still-undisclosed deal. According to statements from Armenian and Azerbaijani officials, the agreement aims to formalize relations between the two countries despite Azerbaijan’s genocidal actions, illegal detention and torture of Armenian prisoners, ongoing existential threats against Armenia, demands for changes to Armenia’s Constitution, and obstruction of the collective, protected, and dignified return of Armenians to Artsakh. Following the Turkey and Azerbaijan war waged against the Republics of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) and Armenia in 2020, Azerbaijan implemented a 10-month brutal blockade leading to the genocidal ethnic cleansing of Artsakh, with 120,000 Armenian Christians forcibly displaced from their ancestral homes following attacks in September 2023.
