Senator Menendez: US military aid to Azerbaijan helps enable heinous acts against ethnic Armenians
U.S. military aid to Azerbaijan helps enable heinous acts against ethnic Armenians, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Thursday.
“Reports of Armenian casualties and Armenian soldiers taken as political prisoners by Azerbaijan are deeply concerning. Defense aid to Azerbaijan helps enable these heinous acts against ethnic Armenians. It is time to pass my NDAA amendment cutting this aid,” he tweeted.
On November 16, the Azerbaijani military resorted to yet another provocation, attacking the Armenian positions in the eastern section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Local battles were fought with the use of artillery, armored vehicles and small arms. Under the mediation of the Russian side, an agreement was reached to ceasefire at the eastern border from 6:30pm.
According to a statement by Armenia’s Defense Ministry, 13 Armenian soldiers were captured by Azerbaijani forces and 24 others went missing as a result of border clashes. Two Armenian servicemen were confirmed killed in the fighting.
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