“Armenians cannot live safely under Azeri rule, and there has to be recognition of Artsakh so there is a final resolution of the conflict.” Sahakyan also informed the staffer there is ample evidence that Turkey employed thousands of ISIS jihadists from Syria to fight on the Azeri side of the conflict, a fact Mr.
“In 1988, when Artsakh declared independence after a referendum, Azerbaijan said ‘over my,’ excuse me, over Armenian dead bodies will Artsakh be independent,” said Hakobyan.Īnush Sahakyan of Ocean City expressed deep concern for the Armenians who have to live side by side with repatriated Azeris and called out Aliyev’s claims that Armenians will be safe citing many articles and videos showing Azeris committing war crimes and barbaric acts against Armenians. Daniels a brief history of the conflict and spoke of her father who defended Artsakh during the war in the 1990s. Artsakh was never a part of independent Azerbaijan and was given away by Joseph Stalin in 1921.” Anahit Hakobyan of Ellicott City gave Mr. Vic Piltoyan of Ocean City noted, “Recognizing Artsakh is important to prevent yet another ethnic cleansing/genocide of Armenians, who have lived there for several centuries and voted for independence about 30 years ago. We know his heart is in the right place since he has spoken at the In Defense of Christian seminars with Aram Hamparian, our Chairman, and your staff has listened to my many calls and responded kindly, yet he refuses to support any of our legislative efforts even going so far as to being one of 11 members of Congress who voted against the Armenian Genocide recognition bill which enjoyed wide bipartisan support.” Longtime ANCA activist Diane Hekimian said, “I am beseeching your boss to co-sponsor these bills. The Armenian delegation also asked Congressman Harris’ staff to encourage the State Department to push for continued negotiation of the OSCE Minsk group.
“The Armenian National Committee (ANC) of Maryland wanted to meet with Representative Harris despite his F- grade because it was important for a United States Congressman to hear from his constituents, particularly constituents who are Republican and who voted for him,” said ANCA activist Tsoghig Hekimian.Ĭommunity members from all around the 1 st district voiced their strong desire for the Congressman to stand up for human rights and co-sponsor H.Res.1165 and H.Res.1203.
Instead, the Congressman sent one of his top aides-Tim Daniels-to participate in the virtual meeting. – Over 20 Armenians in Maryland’s 1 st Congressional District were recently supposed to meet with Representative Andy Harris (R) to discuss important legislative initiatives regarding the Artsakh War.
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