U.S. Congress may consider resolution condemning Azerbaijani war crimes against Armenians
YEREVAN, September 26, /ARKA/. U.S. Congresswoman Jackie Speier announced that she will introduce a resolution condemning Azerbaijani war crimes against Armenians, Asbarez reported.
She said “let me make it crystal clear” that the U.S. has no doubt that Azerbaijan invaded Armenia.
Earlier, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to "halt all security assistance to Azerbaijan," citing a cut-off of military aid as "an important opportunity to stand with the Armenian people as they attempt to repel an authoritarian assault."
About two weeks ago, it emerged that Congressman Adam Schiff drafted a resolution demanding a total ban on U.S. aid to Azerbaijan. It calls on Azerbaijan to immediately stop attacking Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), stressing the importance of Armenian sovereignty.
On September 13, Azerbaijan launched an unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against Armenia. Using heavy artillery, Multiple Rocket Launchers and combat UAVs, the Azerbaijani armed forces shelled 36 residential areas and communities, including towns of Goris, Jermuk, Vardenis, Kapan, Geghamasar deep within the sovereign territory of Armenia.
The Azerbaijani attack deliberately targeted civilian population and vital civilian infrastructures.
More than 7600 persons, mostly women and elderly people, among them 1437 children and 99 persons with disabilities were displaced.
As a result of the aggression, the number of victims and missing persons at the moment exceeded 207, among them 3 civilians were killed and 2 civilians are missing. 293 servicemen and 8 civilians were wounded, at least 20 servicemen were captured.
There are evidences of cases of torture, mutilation of captured or already dead servicemen, numerous instances of extra-judicial killings, and ill-treatment of Armenian prisoners of war, as well as humiliating treatment of the bodies.
The dead bodies of Armenian female military personnel were mutilated and then “proudly” video-recorded with particular cruelty by the Azerbaijani servicemen. The videos featuring such gruesome war crimes and crimes against humanity are being shared and praised on Azerbaijani social media by individual users. -0--0-
