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  • Rep. Adam Schiff Urges U.S. To Cut Security Assistance To Azerbaijan

    REP. ADAM SCHIFF URGES U.S. TO CUT SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO AZERBAIJAN

    December 4, 2012 - 21:10 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) sent a letter
    to Senators Patrick Leahy and Lindsey Graham, and Representatives
    Kay Granger and Nita Lowey - the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the
    State and Foreign Operations Subcommittees in the House and Senate
    - calling on them to cut all security assistance to Azerbaijan,
    including Azerbaijan's International Military Education and Training
    Account (IMET) funding. This latest request comes after the egregious
    repatriation and release of Ramil Safarov, an Azerbaijani army
    captain who had confessed to the savage 2004 axe murder of Armenian
    army lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan during a NATO Partnership for Peace
    Program.

    "Azerbaijan has committed the most terrible subversion of justice -
    making a hero of a cold-blooded killer," said Rep. Schiff. "Plainly the
    investment we have made in training Azeri forces has been worse than
    wasted. The United States must not tolerate any acts of aggression
    against Armenia or Nagorno Karabakh, and this hateful action by
    President Aliyev undermines all international efforts to bring about
    a peaceful solution in the region," Rep. Schiff said.

    "Azerbaijan must pay a high price for its actions. Baku treasures
    the security assistance that it receives from Washington, not because
    it needs the money (it does not), but because it signifies a certain
    closeness in the bilateral relationship. By cutting off military aid to
    Azerbaijan, the United States would signal its disgust with the Safarov
    affair, while also reminding Aliyev that the United States will not
    tolerate any acts of aggression against Armenia or Nagorno-Karabakh,"
    the letter concluded.

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