{"id":3177,"date":"2023-09-19T16:05:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T23:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.armeniancouncil.org\/ACA\/?p=3177"},"modified":"2023-09-20T07:08:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T14:08:12","slug":"padilla-rubio-condemn-azerbaijans-unwarranted-military-escalation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armeniancouncil.org\/ACA\/padilla-rubio-condemn-azerbaijans-unwarranted-military-escalation\/","title":{"rendered":"Padilla, Rubio Condemn Azerbaijan\u2019s Unwarranted Military Escalation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Today,\u00a0U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) issued\u00a0a joint statement condemning\u00a0Azerbaijan\u2019s unprovoked and unjustified\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/azerbaijan-says-six-its-citizens-were-killed-by-land-mines-karabakh-2023-09-19\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/azerbaijan-says-six-its-citizens-were-killed-by-land-mines-karabakh-2023-09-19\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695255571466000&amp;usg=AOvVaw33HWDRKqY4N7-ImmHFikrL\">military incursion<\/a>\u00a0in the South Caucasus against Armenians under the false pretext of leading an \u2018anti-terrorist\u00a0operation\u2019\u00a0and in violation of its own ceasefire obligations:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u201cAzerbaijan\u2019s regime is leading an\u00a0unprovoked\u00a0attack against Armenian civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh\u2014a grave escalation in the steps the regime has taken to ethnically cleanse Armenians in the region.\u00a0The Biden Administration,\u00a0and our international allies,\u00a0must\u00a0forcefully\u00a0condemn this military aggression and demand a peaceful resolution that\u00a0puts a stop to these human rights violations. The United States should immediately halt all security assistance to Azerbaijan, as demanded under section 907 of the\u00a0Freedom Support Act.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last month, Padilla and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.padilla.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/padilla-menendez-urge-un-security-council-resolution-to-end-blockade-of-nagorno-karabakh\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.padilla.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/padilla-menendez-urge-un-security-council-resolution-to-end-blockade-of-nagorno-karabakh\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695255571466000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0H0kq62EqGPyUifNVFCeJS\">sent a letter<\/a>\u00a0to United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield,\u00a0urging her to introduce a UN resolution calling for an immediate end to Azerbaijan\u2019s eight-month blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, including allowing unrestricted humanitarian access to Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh. Padilla, Menendez, and Rubio also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.padilla.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/padilla-introduces-bipartisan-resolution-condemning-azerbaijans-blockade-of-the-lachin-corridor\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.padilla.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/padilla-introduces-bipartisan-resolution-condemning-azerbaijans-blockade-of-the-lachin-corridor\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695255571466000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3rI54EizTDz0EMuuabGyTR\">introduced<\/a>\u00a0a bipartisan Senate resolution\u00a0earlier this year condemning the government of Azerbaijan for its blockade of the Lachin Corridor and urging the United States to take immediate steps to end the ongoing humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0\u2014 Today,\u00a0U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) issued\u00a0a joint statement condemning\u00a0Azerbaijan\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-3177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.armeniancouncil.org\/ACA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/alex-padilla-1280x720-1.jpg",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.armeniancouncil.org\/ACA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/alex-padilla-1280x720-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.armeniancouncil.org\/ACA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/alex-padilla-1280x720-1-250x141.jpg",250,141,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.armeniancouncil.org\/ACA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/alex-padilla-1280x720-1-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.armeniancouncil.org\/ACA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/alex-padilla-1280x720-1-400x225.jpg",400,225,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.armeniancouncil.org\/ACA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/alex-padilla-1280x720-1.jpg",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.armeniancouncil.org\/ACA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/alex-padilla-1280x720-1.jpg",1280,720,false],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.armeniancouncil.org\/ACA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/alex-padilla-1280x720-1-1115x715.jpg",1115,715,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/www.armeniancouncil.org\/ACA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/alex-padilla-1280x720-1-800x500.jpg",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/www.armeniancouncil.org\/ACA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/alex-padilla-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg",1024,576,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/www.armeniancouncil.org\/ACA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/alex-padilla-1280x720-1-540x340.jpg",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.armeniancouncil.org\/ACA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/alex-padilla-1280x720-1-400x250.jpg",400,250,true],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.armeniancouncil.org\/ACA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/alex-padilla-1280x720-1-45x45.jpg",45,45,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"ArmenianCouncil","author_link":"https:\/\/www.armeniancouncil.org\/ACA\/author\/armeniancouncil\/"},"category_info":"<a 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