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ANCC SAYS BAKU'S PROVOCATIONS IN KARABAKH CONFLICT ZONE WILL CONTINUE UNLESS WORLD COMMUNITY RESPONDS MORE FORCEFULLY TO ALIYEV REGIME
by Tatevik Shahunyan
ARMINFO
Friday, November 14, 11:34
The Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC), the largest and
the most influential Canadian-Armenian grassroots human rights
organization, has dissemianated a statement wherein it calls on the
world community to take a firm stance against the Aliyev regime's.
Below is the full text of the statement: "On Wednesday, November 12,
2014, at approximately 1:45 pm (Yerevan time), the Azerbaijani military
shot down an unarmed helicopter on a military training exercise over
Nagorno Karabakh, killing all three people on board.
Azerbaijani leaders, instead of calling for calm or regretting the
loss of life, reportedly immediately awarded a military medal to
the unit commander who shot down this unarmed aircraft. This attack,
unprecedented since the 1994 cease-fire, is the latest in Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev's reckless escalation of incitement and
aggression, a pattern of violence that has taken far too many lives, on
both sides, and that threatens to drive this region into renewed war.
The Canadian government has yet to issue a statement on Azerbaijan's
continuously provocative actions and Canadian lawmakers have not
yet joined their colleagues in the United States and Europe in
condemning Azerbaijan's latest act of aggression against the people
of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenian National Committee of Canada President Dr. Girair Basmajian
stated "Azerbaijan's attack on an unarmed helicopter and subsequent
conduct is a direct threat to the peace process. The Republic of
Nagorno- Karabakh and Armenia have sought to resolve this dispute
peacefully for the last twenty years, but the Aliyev regime has
only answered with more violence. The failure of Canada and the
world community to respond more forcefully to the Aliyev regime's
rewarding of Ramil Safarov's murder of an unarmed Armenian soldier
during a NATO training course and to the daily ceasefire violations
by the Azerbaijani military has contributed to this situation. Unless
Canada and our allies take a firm stance against the Aliyev regime's
attacks and demonization of Armenians, there is no chance of a peaceful
solution to this conflict. The Canadian government's silence only
encourages Azerbaijan to engage in even greater violence."
We ask that all people of good conscience call on their representatives
to publicly condemn this despicable attack and make it clear that
Azerbaijan's unprovoked aggression will not be ignored."
by Tatevik Shahunyan
ARMINFO
Friday, November 14, 11:34
The Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC), the largest and
the most influential Canadian-Armenian grassroots human rights
organization, has dissemianated a statement wherein it calls on the
world community to take a firm stance against the Aliyev regime's.
Below is the full text of the statement: "On Wednesday, November 12,
2014, at approximately 1:45 pm (Yerevan time), the Azerbaijani military
shot down an unarmed helicopter on a military training exercise over
Nagorno Karabakh, killing all three people on board.
Azerbaijani leaders, instead of calling for calm or regretting the
loss of life, reportedly immediately awarded a military medal to
the unit commander who shot down this unarmed aircraft. This attack,
unprecedented since the 1994 cease-fire, is the latest in Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev's reckless escalation of incitement and
aggression, a pattern of violence that has taken far too many lives, on
both sides, and that threatens to drive this region into renewed war.
The Canadian government has yet to issue a statement on Azerbaijan's
continuously provocative actions and Canadian lawmakers have not
yet joined their colleagues in the United States and Europe in
condemning Azerbaijan's latest act of aggression against the people
of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenian National Committee of Canada President Dr. Girair Basmajian
stated "Azerbaijan's attack on an unarmed helicopter and subsequent
conduct is a direct threat to the peace process. The Republic of
Nagorno- Karabakh and Armenia have sought to resolve this dispute
peacefully for the last twenty years, but the Aliyev regime has
only answered with more violence. The failure of Canada and the
world community to respond more forcefully to the Aliyev regime's
rewarding of Ramil Safarov's murder of an unarmed Armenian soldier
during a NATO training course and to the daily ceasefire violations
by the Azerbaijani military has contributed to this situation. Unless
Canada and our allies take a firm stance against the Aliyev regime's
attacks and demonization of Armenians, there is no chance of a peaceful
solution to this conflict. The Canadian government's silence only
encourages Azerbaijan to engage in even greater violence."
We ask that all people of good conscience call on their representatives
to publicly condemn this despicable attack and make it clear that
Azerbaijan's unprovoked aggression will not be ignored."