ANCA calls for actual peace amid reports of a one-sided Azerbaijan “agreement” being forced upon Armenia
WASHINGTON—Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Executive Director Aram Hamparian issued the following statement in response to premature reports of a “peace” deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
“The ANCA seeks a real peace—a just and enduring peace that respects the rights of the Armenian nation and ensures the return of Armenians to Artsakh—not a fake ‘peace’—a one-sided surrender of Armenian security and sovereignty forced on Yerevan at the point of a gun,” stated Hamparian.
According to press reports, Armenia and Azerbaijan have announced that negotiations on a peace agreement have concluded, with both governments signaling readiness to sign a still-undisclosed deal. According to statements from Armenian and Azerbaijani officials, the agreement aims to formalize relations between the two countries despite Azerbaijan’s genocidal actions, illegal detention and torture of Armenian prisoners, ongoing existential threats against Armenia, demands for changes to Armenia’s Constitution and obstruction of the collective, protected and dignified return of Armenians to Artsakh. Following the Turkey and Azerbaijan war waged against the Republics of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Armenia in 2020, Azerbaijan implemented a 10-month brutal blockade leading to the genocidal ethnic cleansing of Artsakh, with 120,000 Armenian Christians forcibly displaced from their ancestral homes following attacks in September 2023.
In a statement widely viewed as premature, given the many obstacles to a just and enduring peace, Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted:
“The United States commends Armenia and Azerbaijan for concluding negotiations on a historic peace treaty. This is an opportunity for both countries to turn the page on a decades-old conflict in line with President Trump’s vision for a more peaceful world. Now is the time to commit to peace, sign and ratify the treaty, and usher in a new era of prosperity for the people of the South Caucasus.”
The ANCA continues to advocate for a peace that adds to Armenia’s security and sovereignty, safeguards its Constitutional integrity and ensures the right of return for Artsakh’s forcibly displaced Armenians to their historic Artsakh homeland.
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Armenians NOT living in Hayestan but in the comforts of European, N & S American or Mid-East countries like Dubai or Los Angelos/ Glendale or what’s left if it have the pleasure of CLAMORING FOR continued wars, & mass emigration of actual REAL Armenians born & raised there in the Caucasus who cannot make a reasonable living like YOU true Armenian compatriots all because of Turk,Russ,Azeri,etc…etc…etc…thank- you for letting us all know about this peace terrible agreement…
If the indigenous legal landowners in Artsakh are not allowed to return is this not the same as what happened to the Armenian people in 1915?
Will the Americans allow history to repeat itself? Will Israel continue to provide weapons to the souless thugs in Azerbijan the brothers of Erdogan?
95-99% Americans have not heard of Armenia, Azerbaijan, they will confuse Georgia for their own state of the same name, and the will think that “Caucasian” is just a racial designation. The US didn’t lift its finger for Armenia in 1915, 2020 or 2023, and won’t lifts its finger in the future. The US (and indeed any other power) is only interested in other countries for its own strategic national policy interests. Armenia is not in their list. The Israeli-Azerbaijani alliance will continue in the forseeable future, not only against Armenia, but probably against Iran, with possible US support, in their desire to topple the theocratic regime.