The U.S. must stop providing security assistance to Azerbaijan, US Senator Ed Markey tweeted sharing his open letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III. 

"The U.S. must stop providing security assistance to Azerbaijan until Armenia and Azerbaijan reach a permanent and lasting resolution that respects the will of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh. I'm calling on the State Department and Department of Defense to take action now," the tweet said.

In a statement, Markey noted that "in light of Azerbaijan's recent and repeated acts of aggression toward Armenia, the United States should cease providing any security assistance to Azerbaijan until Armenia and Azerbaijan reach a permanent and lasting resolution that respects the will of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh[...]

"This requires swift U.S. action to ensure we do not aid and abet Azerbaijan in sparking another large-scale conflagration.

Azerbaijan must face the reality that there will never be a military solution that leads to peace and stability in Nagorno-Karabakh," he said.