The waiver applies to Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act and its renewal which has happened annually since 2002 which allows the U.S. to provide military assistance to Azerbaijan so long as the secretary of State certifies that such assistance does not contribute to conflict in the region.
In a notification to Congress obtained by The Hill and sent on April 26, Secretary of State Antony Blinken
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The decision is drawing condemnation from the Armenian American community as a betrayal following Biden s historic decision to recognize last month, for the first time, the Armenian Genocide.
“American recognition of the Armenian Genocide comes with responsibilities, among them not arming or abetting Azerbaijan’s drive to complete this crime,” Armenian National Committee of America Executive Director Aram Hamparian said in a statement.
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California Democratic Party passes resolution calling for release of Armenian POWs
Calls for Divesting from, and Condemning, and Sanctioning Turkey and Azerbaijan As Part of its 2021 Top 13 Priorities
LOS ANGELES The California Democratic Party on Sunday adopted, as part of its top 13 priorities coming out of its 2021 state convention, a resolution condemning Turkey and Azerbaijan for the war crimes they committed over the course of 44 days and after their attack on the Republic of Artsakh and Armenia, beginning on September 27, 2020.
The resolution, introduced by LACDP Elected Member and DSCC Member Elen Asatryan, also urges Congress and the Biden Administration to sanction Turkey and Azerbaijan and demand that Azerbaijani authorities immediately release all Armenian Prisoners of War and captured civilians. Furthermore, it also calls on the California Public Employees’ Retirement System and the State Teachers’ Retirement System to divest all public employee retirement funds
Why Joe Biden recognized the Armenian genocide
4 May 2021 By Guillaume Perrier, for Justiceinfo.net
On April 24, the president of the United States officially designated the crime committed against Armenians by the Young Turk movement in 1915 as genocide. This recognition marks the deterioration of America s relationship with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan s Turkey. And it weakens a little more the Turkish denial, made more and more untenable by the work of historians.
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