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ANCC Press Release - Azerbaijan shot down helicopter over Nagorno Karabakh
November 14, 2014
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.
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The ANCC is the largest and the most influential Canadian-Armenian
grassroots human rights organization. Working in coordination with a
network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout Canada and
affiliated organizations around the world, the ANCC actively advances
the concerns of the Canadian-Armenian community on a broad range of
issues.
http://www.horizonweekly.ca/news/details/52906
November 14, 2014
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.
***
The ANCC is the largest and the most influential Canadian-Armenian
grassroots human rights organization. Working in coordination with a
network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout Canada and
affiliated organizations around the world, the ANCC actively advances
the concerns of the Canadian-Armenian community on a broad range of
issues.
http://www.horizonweekly.ca/news/details/52906