The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) has called on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to take immediate action to stop military aid to Azerbaijan.

In a strongly worded letter on the eve of Speaker Pelosi's visit to Armenia, ANCA Chairman Raffi Hamparian said, halting U.S. aid to Azerbaijan would also seriously challenge the deeply flawed policy of our State Department, which responds to every act of Azerbaijani aggression with general calls for all sides to refrain from violence. This failed policy of false parity is as destructive as it is dangerous, emboldening the aggressor and abandoning the victims. More broadly, ending aid to Azerbaijan, in addition to protecting Armenians and promoting peace, would reinforce America's commitment to human rights as a core principle of foreign policy.

Speaking on behalf of the Armenian community and coalition partners, Hamparian urged the Speaker to take specific legislative actions to "ensure that separate legislation, provisions in the Fiscal Year 2023 State and Foreign Operations Bill, the National Defense Authorization Act, or other legislative measures, repeal the President's authority to waive Section 907 restrictions on U.S. aid to Azerbaijan, and/or enact legislation to prohibit any funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the United States.

Politico previously reported that Pelosi and Congressman Jackie Speier (R-California) will travel to Yerevan on September 17. The visit comes just days after Azerbaijani forces launched a massive shelling of Armenia with mortars and drones against military and civilian infrastructure in Sotq, Vardenis, Goris, Kapan, Artanish, Jermuk, and Ishkhanasar, located on Armenia's eastern border with Azerbaijan.