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Letter to U.S. Senators and Representatives Serving on the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Committee
Dear Senator/Representative:
I am writing to ask you to encourage your colleagues on the FY21 NDAA conference committee to respond to Azerbaijan’s aggression against the indigenous Armenian Christian population in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) by taking the following steps:
— Strike the Chabot-Cohen Amendment – an anti-Armenian measure adopted during House consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R.6395). This counterproductive measure, introduced by leaders of the Turkish and Azerbaijan caucuses, would further undermine the U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group as an honest broker, and set back the cause of peace by rewarding Azerbaijan’s brutal aggression against Artsakh.
— Maintain the language of the Pallone-Sherman Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R.6395). This measure strengthens Congressional oversight of a Defense Department program (Section 333, Building Partner Capacity) under which the Azerbaijani government has received over $120 million in military aid.
— Support and strengthen provisions of in the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R.6395 / S.4049) sanctioning Turkey over its purchase of S-400 missiles and other hostile actions against the United States and our NATO allies.
I also encourage you to call on the Administration to immediately suspend all military/security aid to Azerbaijan, reject any new arms export licenses to Ankara or Baku, and officially withdraw its waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act. The Congress, for its part, must roll back the Executive Branch’s authority to waive this law, which places common-sense restrictions direct U.S. aid to the government of Azerbaijan. Consistent with sanctions adopted recently by the Netherlands, the Administration should enforce Global Magnitsky restrictions on the Erdogan government in Turkey and the Aliyev government in Azerbaijan, based upon their responsibility for serious human rights abuses during Azerbaijan’s aggression against Artsakh.
In closing, I ask you to please secure an initial emergency relief package of at least $250 million for Artsakh and Armenia, to be followed by large-scale U.S. reconstruction and development programs to help the Armenian people recover from the vast destruction caused by Azerbaijan’s aggression.
Sincerely,
Letter to U.S. Senators and Representatives NOT Serving on the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Committee
Dear Senator / Representative:
I am writing to ask you to encourage your colleagues on the FY21 NDAA conference committee to respond to Azerbaijan’s aggression against the indigenous Armenian Christian population in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) by taking the following steps:
— Strike the Chabot-Cohen Amendment – an anti-Armenian measure adopted during House consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R.6395). This counterproductive measure, introduced by leaders of the Turkish and Azerbaijan caucuses, would further undermine the U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group as an honest broker, and set back the cause of peace by rewarding Azerbaijan’s brutal aggression against Artsakh.
— Maintain the language of the Pallone-Sherman Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R.6395). This measure strengthens Congressional oversight of a Defense Department program (Section 333, Building Partner Capacity) under which the Azerbaijani government has received over $120 million in military aid.
— Support and strengthen provisions of in the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R.6395 / S.4049) sanctioning Turkey over its purchase of S-400 missiles and other hostile actions against the United States and our NATO allies.
I also encourage you to call on the Administration to immediately suspend all military/security aid to Azerbaijan, reject any new arms export licenses to Ankara or Baku, and officially withdraw its waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act. The Congress, for its part, must roll back the Executive Branch’s authority to waive this law, which places common-sense restrictions direct U.S. aid to the government of Azerbaijan. Consistent with sanctions adopted recently by the Netherlands, the Administration should enforce Global Magnitsky restrictions on the Erdogan government in Turkey and the Aliyev government in Azerbaijan, based upon their responsibility for serious human rights abuses during Azerbaijan’s aggression against Artsakh.
In closing, I ask you to please secure an initial emergency relief package of at least $250 million for Artsakh and Armenia, to be followed by large-scale U.S. reconstruction and development programs to help the Armenian people recover from the vast destruction caused by Azerbaijan’s aggression.
Sincerely,