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ANCA CIRCULATES SEVEN POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO CHECK AZERBAIJANI AGGRESSION
tert.am
08.06.12
Amid escalating Azerbaijani attacks this week against both Armenia and
Nagorno Karabakh, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)
circulated a set of seven specific policy recommendations for the
Obama Administration and the U.S. Congress to check Baku's aggression
and support the peaceful and democratic resolution of Azerbaijan's
conflicts with Armenia and the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh).
In an ANCA memo sent this week to Congressional offices, ANCA
Government Affairs Director Kate Nahapetian stressed that: "It's
time for America and the rest of the international community to take
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at his word when he openly threatens
to restart his war against Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. The cost
of appeasement - and the dangers of a renewed war - are far too high
for us to either dismiss Aliyev's threats or to ignore the hazard he
represents to the region and beyond."
Among the policy recommendations being advanced by the ANCA is the
immediate suspension by the Obama Administration of all military
aid to Azerbaijan, and a ban on the sale or transfer to Baku of any
military equipment or potentially dual-use items.
- The Obama Administration should publicly, forcefully, and
unequivocally condemn Azerbaijan's acts of aggression and threats of
renewed war.
- The Obama Administration should suspend all military aid to
Azerbaijan, and stop the sale or transfer to Baku of any military
equipment or dual-use items (including the proposed sale of advanced
helicopter-based surveillance equipment - DDTC 12-002).
- The Obama Administration should fully enforce Section 907 of the
FREEDOM Support Act until Baku has stopped its threats of war, ceased
all acts of aggression, demonstrated a commitment to a lasting peace
with Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh through solely non-violent means,
and has accepted the OSCE Minsk Group's call to pull back all snipers
(a proposal already accepted by both Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh).
- The U.S. House-Senate conference committee charged with reconciling
the FY13 foreign aid bill should accept the House version's allocation
of at least $5 million in aid to Nagorno Karabakh.
- The Obama Administration should support the reinstatement of the
Republic of Nagorno Karabakh as a full participant in all peace talks,
including the negotiations hosted by the OSCE Minsk Group.
- The Obama Administration should remove out-dated, counter-productive
barriers to broad-based U.S.-Nagorno Karabakh governmental and civil
society communication, exchanges, contacts, cooperation, and travel.
- The Obama Administration should insist that the Azerbaijani
government end restrictions on U.S. Embassy officials and third-party
experts visiting and investigating the medieval Armenian cemetery,
in Djulfa, Azerbaijan, which was destroyed in December of 2005 in a
videotaped act of systematic desecration by the Azerbaijani military.
tert.am
08.06.12
Amid escalating Azerbaijani attacks this week against both Armenia and
Nagorno Karabakh, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)
circulated a set of seven specific policy recommendations for the
Obama Administration and the U.S. Congress to check Baku's aggression
and support the peaceful and democratic resolution of Azerbaijan's
conflicts with Armenia and the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh).
In an ANCA memo sent this week to Congressional offices, ANCA
Government Affairs Director Kate Nahapetian stressed that: "It's
time for America and the rest of the international community to take
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at his word when he openly threatens
to restart his war against Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. The cost
of appeasement - and the dangers of a renewed war - are far too high
for us to either dismiss Aliyev's threats or to ignore the hazard he
represents to the region and beyond."
Among the policy recommendations being advanced by the ANCA is the
immediate suspension by the Obama Administration of all military
aid to Azerbaijan, and a ban on the sale or transfer to Baku of any
military equipment or potentially dual-use items.
- The Obama Administration should publicly, forcefully, and
unequivocally condemn Azerbaijan's acts of aggression and threats of
renewed war.
- The Obama Administration should suspend all military aid to
Azerbaijan, and stop the sale or transfer to Baku of any military
equipment or dual-use items (including the proposed sale of advanced
helicopter-based surveillance equipment - DDTC 12-002).
- The Obama Administration should fully enforce Section 907 of the
FREEDOM Support Act until Baku has stopped its threats of war, ceased
all acts of aggression, demonstrated a commitment to a lasting peace
with Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh through solely non-violent means,
and has accepted the OSCE Minsk Group's call to pull back all snipers
(a proposal already accepted by both Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh).
- The U.S. House-Senate conference committee charged with reconciling
the FY13 foreign aid bill should accept the House version's allocation
of at least $5 million in aid to Nagorno Karabakh.
- The Obama Administration should support the reinstatement of the
Republic of Nagorno Karabakh as a full participant in all peace talks,
including the negotiations hosted by the OSCE Minsk Group.
- The Obama Administration should remove out-dated, counter-productive
barriers to broad-based U.S.-Nagorno Karabakh governmental and civil
society communication, exchanges, contacts, cooperation, and travel.
- The Obama Administration should insist that the Azerbaijani
government end restrictions on U.S. Embassy officials and third-party
experts visiting and investigating the medieval Armenian cemetery,
in Djulfa, Azerbaijan, which was destroyed in December of 2005 in a
videotaped act of systematic desecration by the Azerbaijani military.