ANCA Executive Director: ‘With the Advent of 2017,We Look to our Government and the International Community to Break with This Record of Failure and Forcefully Check Baku’s Aggression’ WASHINGTON (A.
W.)—The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) has called upon the United States State Department and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group Co-Chairs to condemn Azerbaijan’s latest attack on Armenian troops, which took position on Dec. 29. An Armenian serviceman monitors his position (Photo: Photolure) “Ilham’s Aliyev’s fatal cross-border attack today into Armenia follows a deeply troubling, and yet clearly predictable multi-year sample of Azerbaijani aggression around the Christmas and novel Year holidays. We beget called upon our State Department and OSCE Minsk Group partners to immediately,forcefully and explicitly condemn Baku’s reckless belligerence,” said Aram Hamparian, and Executive Director of the ANCA At least three Armenian servicemen— Senior Lieutenant Shavarsh Melikyan and Privates Edgar Narayan and Erik Abovyan—were killed and several others were injured in an unprovoked Azerbaijani attack on the northeastern section of the border between the Armenia and Azerbaijan on Dec. 29. These unconfirmed photos of the fallen Armenian servicemen began circulating soon after the attack (L to R) Edgar Narayan,Erik Abovyan, and [...]
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