House Foreign Affairs Committee member Brad Sherman asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today to address the Azerbaijani government’s threats and aggression against Armenia and Karabakh and, more specifically, to identify the “serious repercussions” that Azerbaijan would face from the U.S. if it renewed its aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

The question came during Secretary Clinton’s three hour testimony before the Foreign Affairs panel earlier today.  The ANCA says Secretary Clinton will be testifying again tomorrow regarding U.S. foreign aid priorities before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee of Foreign Operations.

As part of a series of questions he posed on issues ranging from China to the Middle East and the Caucasus, Rep. Sherman asked: “As to the Caucasus, the Defense Minister of Azerbaijan stated recently that his country is seriously preparing for war.  I hope you can outline for the record the serious repercussions that Azerbaijan would face if it renewed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.” 

Secretary Clinton is expected to respond in writing to this and other questions posed by members of the Committee.