ANC of Canada Action Alert Urging Ottawa to Stop Arms Sales to Baku

OTTAWA””The Armenian National Committee of Canada has launched an online action alert calling on the Canadian government to immediately halt the export of Canadian manufactured weapons to Azerbaijan.

The ANCC urges members and grassroots activist to take immediate action and demand the cancellation of this highly controversial arms deal. The action alert is live on the AYF Canada website and could be accessed via the following link:

Recently, the ANCC learned that the Canadian government had granted an export permit for the transfer of highly sophisticated military equipment from the Toronto-based INKAS Armored Vehicle Manufacturing over to the Republic of Azerbaijan.

In a letter addressed to Canada’s Minister of International Trade, François-Philippe Champagne on July 24, ANCC President, Shahen Mirakian said “Such transfers of dangerous weaponry to a rogue states such as Azerbaijan violate the very basic norms of Canada’s arms exports regulations and pose a significant danger to domestic and regional stability”