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https://anca.org/press-release/anca-gives-trump-pence-administration-failing-grade-on-armenia-and-artsakh/

ANCA Gives Trump-Pence Administration Failing Grade on Armenia and Artsakh

August 13, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – With the November 5th presidential election less than three months away, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) has reaffirmed the Trump-Pence Administration’s failing grade for aiding, abetting, and emboldening Azerbaijan’s 2020 assault on the indigenous Armenians of Artsakh, for refusing to recognize the Armenian Genocide and then actively blocking Congressional remembrance of this crime, and for taking no meaningful steps to hold Azerbaijan accountable for war crimes perpetrated during the course of its 44-day Artsakh War – including the illegal detention and torture of Armenian prisoners of war, the deliberate targeting of civilian populations, and the destruction of Armenian cultural heritage. The ANCA statement is below.

ANCA Statement on the Trump-Pence Administration’s Failure to Address Azerbaijan’s Genocidal Assault on Artsakh, Emboldenment of Erdogan’s Authoritarian Regime, and Refusal to Recognize the Armenian Genocide

Following Donald J. Trump’s nomination as the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, the ANCA reiterates its profound disappointment with the Trump-Pence Administration’s reckless appeasement of Azerbaijan – which enabled the Aliyev regime’s genocidal assault on Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) in 2020, and established a precedent of impunity in the face of Azerbaijan’s widely documented war crimes.

Following the example of successive administrations, the Trump-Pence Administration waived Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act in all four years of its term – lifting restrictions on U.S. assistance to Azerbaijan due to its blockades of Armenia and Artsakh, as established by the 1992 law. Then, in the face of Azerbaijan’s escalating aggression against the indigenous Armenian population of Artsakh since the 4-day-war in 2016, the Trump-Pence Administration broke with the established precedent of parity in U.S. military aid to Armenia and Azerbaijan and dramatically ramped up U.S. military assistance to Baku – allocating over $120 million – in the absence of Congressional oversight, emboldening the Aliyev regime’s aggression, which culminated in the September 2020 assault on Artsakh.

During the course of the 44-day war, the Trump-Pence Administration failed to take meaningful action to halt Azerbaijan’s unprovoked aggression, even amid widely documented war crimes, including the summary execution of civilians, the use of prohibited weapons, including cluster munitions against civilian populations, the arbitrary detention and torture of Armenian prisoners of war, and the destruction of Artsakh’s ancient Christian heritage. While the Trump-Pence Administration eventually sought to broker a ceasefire, absent any material consequences for its aggression, Azerbaijan violated the agreement within hours – which was met with silence by the Administration.

In the wake of Azerbaijan’s genocidal assault on Artsakh – which resulted in forced displacement of over 50,000 civilians and the ethnic cleansing of 70% of the region’s territory – the Trump-Pence Administration took no action to hold Azerbaijan accountable for war crimes and human rights abuses. The impunity Azerbaijan was granted for its brazen assault on Artsakh’s Armenians only further encouraged the regime’s aggression – including its military incursions into Armenia in May 2021 and September 2022, culminating in the blockade and ethnic cleansing of Artsakh in September 2023.