Decry Armenia’s assaults on Azerbaijan
On Dec. 29, the attack of the Armenian army across the border with Azerbaijan was effectively repelled.
As a member of the Kremlin-run Collective Security Treaty Organization, Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan explicitly confirmed that Armenia will coordinate its foreign policy with Russia. Armenia continues to occupy up to 20 percent of the internationally recognized territory of Azerbaijan, a staunch U.S. ally, energy and security partner. This April, Secretary of State John Kerry affirmed U.S. support for Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity, a core principle of international law, violated by Armenia since 1994.
In 1993, the United Nations Security Council adopted four resolutions - 822, 853, 874 and 884 - calling for immediate withdrawal of Armenian forces from occupied Azerbaijan.
As its co-chair, America must call on the Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to express its indignation with Armenia`s never-ending aggression against Azerbaijan and exert pressure on Armenia to comply with international law.
Suat Sakabasi
West Yarmouth