make preferableUS Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemns 'illegal' attacks by Azerbaijan on Armenia.
"Armenia is of particular importance to us because — the focus on security following the illegal and deadly attacks from Azerbaijan on Armenian territory. We strongly condemn the attacks, we and our delegation, on behalf of the Congress, which threatens prospects for much needed peace," she noted.
According to her, they had a very productive meeting and reaffirmed their commitments, the commitments of the US Congress to work on security, economic, democratic issues in Armenia and the region.
She noted that they have received the Armenian delegation earlier in the United States, they discussed a number of issues in the direction of security and democracy in Armenia, and today it is an honor for me to be here.
The Congress of the United States played a leading role in the recognition of the Armenian Genocide and in 2019 it was passed into law and approved by President Biden last year, and this was a bipartisan law, we have been working on this issue in Congress for a long time, she added.
"We discussed with pride that Congress takes in leading the way to secure formal U.S. in recognition of the Armenian Genocide, which we did with legislation in 2019 and which President Biden made official last year. We had been trying to do this in a bipartisan way, in both Houses of the Congress, for a long time. And finally we have a President who said he would sign the Armenian Genocide resolution. We thank the President for doing that and for inviting the Prime Minister to participate in the Democracy Summit this year," she added.
According to Pelosi, during the meetings of the two countries, security issues are targeted and before these visits, there was an attack on Armenia's sovereignty.
"Moving ahead, Armenia has always had a particular focus on security following – again, we planned this trip before the assault on the border of Armenia took place. So again, when we lead [Congressional delegations], it's always about security: our security, our mutual security, regional security, global security. Armenia is of particular importance to us because — the focus on security following the illegal and deadly attacks from Azerbaijan on Armenian territory. We strongly condemn the attacks, we and our delegation, on behalf of the Congress, which threatens prospects for much needed peace," she added.
