The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), amid growing Congressional opposition to Baku's escalating aggression, is calling directly upon the Obama Administration for U.S. leadership in stopping Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's march toward war.

The ANCA's Aram Hamparian and Kate Nahapetian, on August 8th, held a frank and open discussion with Ambassador James Warlick, the Department of State's mediator for Nagorno Karabakh, to press the U.S. government to meaningfully challenge and materially constrain ‪Azerbaijan's reckless march toward war, ANCA reported.

During this meeting, the Ambassador was given a letter from ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian, which noted that “President Aliyev’s most recent wave of fatal cross-border attacks against Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh has cost dozens of lives and seriously undermined the vital work of the OSCE Minsk Group.”

Hachikian warned that: “All indications are that, unless stopped, this undemocratic and unaccountable dictator will act on his threats to start a full-scale Caucasus war, one that will visit vast death and destruction upon all the peoples of the region, likely leading to a wider and even more dangerous conflict”.

He closed by stressing that: “With sufficiently strong American leadership, the Minsk Group can get the peace process back on track, by unequivocally condemning Azerbaijan’s military attacks and then by leading an international campaign to secure Baku acceptance of OSCE proposals, already backed by Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, to pull-back snipers and add observers.”