'Our hand of peace still hangs in the air,' Azerbaijani Ambassador Khazar Ibrahim told Newsweek, but 'our other hand will always defend.'
With a deadly new wave of violence rocking the post-Soviet South Caucasus, Azerbaijan's ambassador to the United States has toldthat Armenia risks isolation as the top diplomat of an unrecognized separatist state at the heart of the fighting appealed for international action.
Sergey Ghazaryan, foreign minister of the self-proclaimed Artsakh Republic, appealed for international support to halt Azerbaijan's assault.."The Azeris have learned the craft of ignoring those statements, rendering them totally useless. You must understand this, our people are exposed to annihilation, ethnic cleansing, and we don't need any more statements, we need concrete actions to stop Azerbaijan.
And, as Ghazaryan pointed out,"the presence of the Russian peacekeepers is not a deterrent for Azerbaijan's offensive actions." He argued that the latest Azerbaijani moves are"a result of inaction of the international community and failure to heed our concerns and warnings." Groups such as the Armenian Assembly of America have already rallied in response to the latest clashes, calling on the U.S. to institute sanctions against Azerbaijan. A number of lawmakers, including DemocraticForeign Relations Committee Chair Bob Menendez and Democratic Armed Services Committee Leader Jack Reed, have also issued condemnation of Azerbaijan.
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