“In order to regain peace in the region, Azerbaijan needs to prove themselves as an equal partner of peace and immediately cease all aggregation against the people of Nagorno Karabakh.”

US State of California Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian said the aforementioned commenting on Azerbaijan’s downing of a Karabakh helicopter. 

The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) has informed Armenian News-NEWS.am that California officials continue condemning Azerbaijan’s latest escalation of anti-Armenian aggression. 

Accordingly, Assemblymember Marc Levine tweeted, “If shown to be true, this unprovoked attack has the potential to destabilize an already unstable situation.”

“My thoughts and prayers are with the families of Major Sergey Sahakyan, and the 2 members of the Artsakh Air Force,” also said Assemblyperson Adrin Nazarian.  “It is unconscionable that the Azerbaijani Armed Forces would shoot down an unarmed helicopter, during a routine exercise, in an unprovoked attack against Artsakh.”

Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire and shot down a Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR; Artsakh) Air Force helicopter on Wednesday. The chopper was downed during a training flight, and it crashed nearby the Karabakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact. As a result, three pilots are believed to have been killed: The commander of the helicopter, Major Sergey Sahakyan, and Senior Lieutenant Sargis Nazaryan and Lieutenant Azat Sahakyan. Information was disseminated some time thereafter, however, that a member of the helicopter crew may still be alive. The adversary, on the other hand, continues to fire intensive shots toward the crash site, thus, not allowing the Armenian side access to the area.