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ANCA WELCOMES BERMAN EFFORTS TO STOP PROPOSED MILITARY EQUIPMENT SALE TO BAKU
ARMENPRESS
30 May, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, MAY 30, ARMENPRESS: The Armenian National Committee of America
(ANCA) has welcomed efforts by House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking
Democrat Howard Berman (D-CA) to pressure Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton to stop a proposed sale of military hardware to Azerbaijan,
citing that country's continued war rhetoric and attacks against
neighboring Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, reports Armenpress citing
The Armenian National Committee of America.
In a May 29th letter to Secretary Clinton, Rep. Berman referenced
announcements of a sale of military hardware which would be used in
conjunction with Azerbaijan's military helicopter fleet for "border
surveillance and 'police-type' activities." In addition to possible
attacks against Armenia, Rep. Berman expressed concern about the
"message that such a sale would send to the regional parties, both in
terms of perceived U.S. even-handedness and in terms of our seriousness
about persuading Baku to cease its bellicose rhetoric and agree to
Minsk Group co-chair demands that it remove its snipers from the
'line of contact' in the Nagorno-Karabakh region."
"Rep. Berman's concerns about the sale of military equipment
to Azerbaijan are timely and well founded - given the Aliyev
regime's repeated and escalating war rhetoric and attacks against
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh," stated ANCA Executive Director Aram
Hamparian. "Any sale of such military equipment only serves to arm
and embolden a belligerent Azerbaijani government that persists in
using threats and acts of aggression to undermine the fundamental
right to self-determination of the people of Karabakh, destabilizing
an entire region of strategic significance to the United States."
From: A. Papazian
ARMENPRESS
30 May, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, MAY 30, ARMENPRESS: The Armenian National Committee of America
(ANCA) has welcomed efforts by House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking
Democrat Howard Berman (D-CA) to pressure Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton to stop a proposed sale of military hardware to Azerbaijan,
citing that country's continued war rhetoric and attacks against
neighboring Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, reports Armenpress citing
The Armenian National Committee of America.
In a May 29th letter to Secretary Clinton, Rep. Berman referenced
announcements of a sale of military hardware which would be used in
conjunction with Azerbaijan's military helicopter fleet for "border
surveillance and 'police-type' activities." In addition to possible
attacks against Armenia, Rep. Berman expressed concern about the
"message that such a sale would send to the regional parties, both in
terms of perceived U.S. even-handedness and in terms of our seriousness
about persuading Baku to cease its bellicose rhetoric and agree to
Minsk Group co-chair demands that it remove its snipers from the
'line of contact' in the Nagorno-Karabakh region."
"Rep. Berman's concerns about the sale of military equipment
to Azerbaijan are timely and well founded - given the Aliyev
regime's repeated and escalating war rhetoric and attacks against
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh," stated ANCA Executive Director Aram
Hamparian. "Any sale of such military equipment only serves to arm
and embolden a belligerent Azerbaijani government that persists in
using threats and acts of aggression to undermine the fundamental
right to self-determination of the people of Karabakh, destabilizing
an entire region of strategic significance to the United States."
From: A. Papazian