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Glendale Mayor Ardy Ardashes Kassakhian is leading a ground-swell of local calls on the White House to immediately end military assistance to Azerbaijan and request emergency humanitarian aid for Artsakh amidst Azerbaijan's ongoing blockade, ANCA Glendale reports.

Citing Azerbaijan’s 12-day blockade of Artsakh, their September, 2022 attack on Armenia and the Aliyev regime’s illegal imprisonment of over 100 Armenian POWs, Kassakhian made the case for concrete sanctions on Azerbaijan in a powerful December 21st letter to President Joe Biden.

“I am extremely disappointed by the administration's failure to hold Azerbaijan accountable for these flagrant human rights violations, and the continued waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act,” wrote Kassakhian. “In continuing to supply Azerbaijan with U.S. military assistance - amidst verifiable reports of war crimes and egregious human rights abuses - we reward Azerbaijan's aggression, and risk emboldening and enabling this type of conduct.”

ANCA Glendale Chair Lucy Petrosian thanked Mayor Kassakhian for his leadership. “It is unconscionable to continue sending U.S. tax dollars to the corrupt Aliyev regime strangling the Artsakh Republic. We will continue to work with Mayor Kassakhian, Congressman Adam Schiff, and elected officials throughout Southern California, to reset U.S. policy on the Caucasus to one which reflects American values,” stated Petrosian.

Read Mayor Kassakhian's letter to President Biden here.