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ANCA CALLS ON CLINTON TO CONDEMN AZERBAIJAN'S FATAL ATTACKS INTO ARMENIA
armradio.am
05.06.2012 12:06
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) dispatched an urgent
letter urging U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to forcefully
condemn a fatal Azerbaijani attack into the Tavush region of Armenia,
a brazen assault launched by Baku to coincide with her arrival for
a three day visit to the Caucasus.
The attack, which occurred near the Berdavan and Chinari villages
of Tavush, represents the most recent in an escalating series of
Azerbaijani assaults on both Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. The Armenian
Ministry of Defense has reported that three Armenian soldiers were
killed and another five wounded in the attack.
"Azerbaijan's aggression, on the very day of your arrival in the
Caucasus, represents, in addition, of course, to a painful human
tragedy for those young men who were killed and injured, a brazen
attack upon the prospects for a fair and lasting peace in this
region," said ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian in his letter to Secretary
Clinton. "It is long past time that the Obama Administration abandon
its practice of artificial equivalence - a failed policy whose only
response to Azerbaijani aggression and threats of renewed war has
been to issue generically-formulated and transparently toothless
calls on all parties to refrain from violence." The full text of the
ANCA letter is provided below" "I am writing today, only hours after
an Azerbaijani cross-border attack into the Tavush region of Armenia
killed three Armenian soldiers, to call upon you to clearly, publicly
and unequivocally condemn this aggression, and, more broadly, to stake
out a strong American stand against Baku's open threats and escalating
acts of belligerence against both Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh.
Azerbaijan's aggression, on the very day of your arrival in the
Caucasus, represents, in addition, of course, to a painful human
tragedy for those young men who were killed and injured, a brazen
attack upon the prospects for a fair and lasting peace in this region.
It is long past time that the Obama Administration abandon its practice
of artificial equivalence - a failed policy whose only response to
Azerbaijani aggression and threats of renewed war has been to issue
generically-formulated and transparently toothless calls on all
parties to refrain from violence.
It is in this spirit that we call upon you to forcefully criticize
Azerbaijan's aggression during your upcoming visit with President
Ilham Aliyev in Baku. We ask, as well, that you give substance to
our nation's condemnation of Baku's march toward war by suspending
all proposed, pending, or future sales or transfers to Azerbaijan of
military equipment and dual-use items (including the proposed sale of
advanced helicopter-based surveillance equipment - DDTC 12-002). We
also request that the Administration immediately enforce Section 907
of the FREEDOM Support Act, and decline to waive this provision of
law until Azerbaijan has stopped its threats of war, ceased all acts
of aggression, and demonstrated a commitment to a lasting peace with
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh through solely non-violent means.
Please accept our thanks for your urgent attention to Azerbaijan's act
of aggression and the potential it holds for even greater violence and
regional instability. We remain ready to work with you on this matter,
and on all the many issues of special concern to Armenian Americans,
and invite you, once again, to meet with the collective leadership
of our community to discuss these matters in greater detail."
armradio.am
05.06.2012 12:06
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) dispatched an urgent
letter urging U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to forcefully
condemn a fatal Azerbaijani attack into the Tavush region of Armenia,
a brazen assault launched by Baku to coincide with her arrival for
a three day visit to the Caucasus.
The attack, which occurred near the Berdavan and Chinari villages
of Tavush, represents the most recent in an escalating series of
Azerbaijani assaults on both Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. The Armenian
Ministry of Defense has reported that three Armenian soldiers were
killed and another five wounded in the attack.
"Azerbaijan's aggression, on the very day of your arrival in the
Caucasus, represents, in addition, of course, to a painful human
tragedy for those young men who were killed and injured, a brazen
attack upon the prospects for a fair and lasting peace in this
region," said ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian in his letter to Secretary
Clinton. "It is long past time that the Obama Administration abandon
its practice of artificial equivalence - a failed policy whose only
response to Azerbaijani aggression and threats of renewed war has
been to issue generically-formulated and transparently toothless
calls on all parties to refrain from violence." The full text of the
ANCA letter is provided below" "I am writing today, only hours after
an Azerbaijani cross-border attack into the Tavush region of Armenia
killed three Armenian soldiers, to call upon you to clearly, publicly
and unequivocally condemn this aggression, and, more broadly, to stake
out a strong American stand against Baku's open threats and escalating
acts of belligerence against both Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh.
Azerbaijan's aggression, on the very day of your arrival in the
Caucasus, represents, in addition, of course, to a painful human
tragedy for those young men who were killed and injured, a brazen
attack upon the prospects for a fair and lasting peace in this region.
It is long past time that the Obama Administration abandon its practice
of artificial equivalence - a failed policy whose only response to
Azerbaijani aggression and threats of renewed war has been to issue
generically-formulated and transparently toothless calls on all
parties to refrain from violence.
It is in this spirit that we call upon you to forcefully criticize
Azerbaijan's aggression during your upcoming visit with President
Ilham Aliyev in Baku. We ask, as well, that you give substance to
our nation's condemnation of Baku's march toward war by suspending
all proposed, pending, or future sales or transfers to Azerbaijan of
military equipment and dual-use items (including the proposed sale of
advanced helicopter-based surveillance equipment - DDTC 12-002). We
also request that the Administration immediately enforce Section 907
of the FREEDOM Support Act, and decline to waive this provision of
law until Azerbaijan has stopped its threats of war, ceased all acts
of aggression, and demonstrated a commitment to a lasting peace with
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh through solely non-violent means.
Please accept our thanks for your urgent attention to Azerbaijan's act
of aggression and the potential it holds for even greater violence and
regional instability. We remain ready to work with you on this matter,
and on all the many issues of special concern to Armenian Americans,
and invite you, once again, to meet with the collective leadership
of our community to discuss these matters in greater detail."