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BRAD SHERMAN URGED SECRETARY KERRY TO CLEARLY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY CONDEMN AZERBAIJAN AND ITS ONGOING THREATS TO SHOOT DOWN CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT
12:32, 18 April, 2013
YEREVAN, APRIL 18, ARMENPRESS: House Foreign Affairs Committee
senior member Brad Sherman (D-CA) Secretary Kerry to clearly and
unequivocally condemn Azerbaijan and its ongoing threats to shoot
down civilian aircraft linked with the impending opening of the
Stepanakert Airport. As reports Armenpress referring to Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA), while not referencing Azerbaijan
in his brief response, Secretary Kerry will have the opportunity to
offer broader responses in written form after the hearing.
On September 2012 Congressman welcomed news of the impending opening of
the Stepanakert Airport in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, and called
on Azerbaijani authorities "to guarantee it will take no violent
actions against flights into Artsakh." Rep. Sherman referenced
a pattern of threats by the Azerbaijani government to shoot down
civilian aircraft to and from the Karabakh airport and called for
immediate U.S. action including to "cut off all aid, arms transfers
and to downgrade relations with Azerbaijan's military."
12:32, 18 April, 2013
YEREVAN, APRIL 18, ARMENPRESS: House Foreign Affairs Committee
senior member Brad Sherman (D-CA) Secretary Kerry to clearly and
unequivocally condemn Azerbaijan and its ongoing threats to shoot
down civilian aircraft linked with the impending opening of the
Stepanakert Airport. As reports Armenpress referring to Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA), while not referencing Azerbaijan
in his brief response, Secretary Kerry will have the opportunity to
offer broader responses in written form after the hearing.
On September 2012 Congressman welcomed news of the impending opening of
the Stepanakert Airport in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, and called
on Azerbaijani authorities "to guarantee it will take no violent
actions against flights into Artsakh." Rep. Sherman referenced
a pattern of threats by the Azerbaijani government to shoot down
civilian aircraft to and from the Karabakh airport and called for
immediate U.S. action including to "cut off all aid, arms transfers
and to downgrade relations with Azerbaijan's military."