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Letter to U.S. Representatives who have NOT CO-SIGNED the Armenian Caucus FY27 Foreign Aid Letter
Dear Representative,
I am writing as your constituent to urge you to co-sign the Congressional Armenian Caucus letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs before the March 11th deadline. This bipartisan letter calls for critical provisions in the FY27 foreign aid bill addressing the immediate release of Armenian hostages held by Azerbaijan, humanitarian relief and right of return for Artsakh’s displaced Armenians, expanded security assistance to Armenia, and accountability for the Aliyev regime.
The urgency is real. Azerbaijan has sentenced 16 Armenian hostages — including the former president of Nagorno-Karabakh and other former political and military leaders of Artsakh — to prison terms ranging from 15 years to life following proceedings widely condemned as show trials. Azerbaijan expelled the International Committee of the Red Cross in September 2025, eliminating independent monitoring of these detainees. President Aliyev has publicly stated he will grant no clemency. These men must be freed, and Congress must demand it.
Beyond the hostages, over 100,000 Armenians remain displaced from Artsakh following Azerbaijan’s 2023 ethnic cleansing campaign. The Armenian Caucus letter requests $100 million in humanitarian assistance and, critically, language affirming the right of displaced Armenians to return to their homes — a right guaranteed under international law that Azerbaijan continues to deny in practice. Azerbaijan is actively demolishing Armenian homes, churches, and monuments in Artsakh, leaving nothing for these families to return to.
Armenia itself remains under direct military threat. Azerbaijan continues to occupy close to 100 square miles of sovereign Armenian territory seized in 2021 and 2022. The letter requests $20 million in Foreign Military Financing and $10 million in IMET funding to expand U.S.-Armenia defense cooperation and deter further aggression. It also calls for a ban on U.S. military aid to Azerbaijan until Baku meets clear, verifiable benchmarks for accountability and peace — including the release of all Armenian hostages, withdrawal from Armenian territory, and an end to the destruction of Armenian cultural heritage.
Finally, the letter calls for a Global Magnitsky Act sanctions review targeting Azerbaijani officials responsible for the torture and detention of Armenian hostages, and for meaningful Congressional oversight of the TRIPP corridor framework to ensure it does not compromise Armenia’s sovereignty or security.
Co-signing this letter is a direct, meaningful way to stand with Armenia and the Armenian-American community. I respectfully ask you to add your name before the March 11th deadline and urge your colleagues to do the same.
Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
Letter to U.S. Representatives who HAVE CO-SIGNED the Armenian Caucus FY27 Foreign Aid Letter
Dear Representative [NAME],
On behalf of Armenian and allied Americans in your district and across the country, thank you for co-signing the Congressional Armenian Caucus letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs. Your signature is a powerful statement that Members of Congress are watching — and will act.
The stakes are high. Sixteen Armenian hostages — including the former president of Nagorno-Karabakh and other former political and military leaders of Artsakh — remain imprisoned by Azerbaijan following sham trials. By co-signing this letter, you have joined your colleagues in demanding their immediate and unconditional release. These individuals were afforded no meaningful legal process, subjected to abuse and torture in Azerbaijani custody, and cut off from independent monitoring after Baku expelled the International Committee of the Red Cross. Your voice matters in this fight.
You have also stood alongside the over 100,000 Armenians forcibly displaced from Artsakh in 2023 — calling for both humanitarian assistance to meet their pressing needs and, critically, recognition of their right to return to their homes under international law. Azerbaijan is actively working to make that return impossible by demolishing Armenian homes and heritage sites. The letter you co-signed pushes back directly against that effort.
Your co-signature also advances practical steps to strengthen Armenia’s security, hold Azerbaijan accountable through U.S. military aid conditions and Magnitsky sanctions, and ensure Congressional oversight of the TRIPP corridor framework. Taken together, these provisions represent a principled, pro-peace, America-first approach to U.S. policy in the South Caucasus.
Thank you for your leadership. My family, our local Armenian-American community, and our many allies are deeply grateful for your principled stand.
Sincerely,