Royce to Convene Congressional Briefing on Karabakh to Address Azerbaijani Aggression

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) offering remarks at the Artsakh freedom observance on Capitol Hill.

Annual Capitol Hill Celebration of Artsakh Freedom Caps Two Days of ANCA Grassroots Pro-Artsakh Advocacy

WASHINGTON”“A Capitol Hill celebration of Nagorno Karabakh’s commitment to freedom and democracy ”“ capping the two day Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Fly-In for #NKPeace ”“ featured a public call by Representative Ed Royce, Chairman of the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee, for a special briefing with U.S. Ambassador James Warlick ”“ the State Department official responsible for the Nagorno Karabakh peace talks.

The special briefing comes as a follow up to the October 26th Congressional letter addressed to Ambassador Warlick, initiated by Chairman Royce and Ranking Democrat Eliot Engel (D-NY) and cosigned by over 80 House colleagues, outlining three concrete steps to address escalating Karabakh violence, including the removal of snipers from the border, an increase in OSCE monitors and deployment of a gunfire direction finders.

Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh have both expressed support for these life-saving initiatives; Azerbaijan has not.

“Why are the snipers not pulled back? [”¦] Why have we not deployed those special [gun fire] direction finders?”