Senate of the US State of Kentucky on Monday withdrew an anti-Armenian resolution, the Armenian National Committee of America Eastern Region (ANCA-ER) announced.

Resolution 168 grossly misrepresented the facts of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

As a result, Kentucky joins Idaho, New Hampshire, and other US states which have already rejected similar misleading pro-Baku measures in the recent past.

“Our experience in Kentucky proved again that the democratic process works and our state legislators will not tolerate any attempt of interference and misrepresentation that serve the interests of a foreign dictator like [Azerbaijan President] Ilham Aliyev, who has ruthlessly repressed his own people and taken an increasingly anti-Western stance, while continuing aggression against Armenia and Artsakh effectively endangering fragile peace in the region,” said ANCA-ER Communications and Community Outreach Director Artur Martirosyan. “We will continue to work diligently to ensure the rights of the free people of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic are protected and affirmed by the international community.”

S.R. 168, sponsored by Senator Damon Thayer, was introduced in the Kentucky Senate on March 1. Upon learning about the resolution by local advocates, ANCA-ER immediately mobilized the grassroots and spoke strongly against the deceptive and dangerous resolution calling upon the Senate President and Majority Floor Leader to withdraw it. Earlier Monday, the Kentucky Senate officially withdrew the measure from the proceedings of the legislative body and effectively killed the resolution.