The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) will continue to press for strict enforcement of Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act, which – as a matter of law, currently waived by the Administration – restricts certain forms of direct U.S. assistance, including offensive military hardware, to the Azerbaijani government.

The ANCA has disseminated such statement, as it reflected on the statements which US National Security Adviser John Bolton made during his visit Thursday to Armenia.

“In light of Baku’s escalating aggression, the ANCA calls upon the White House to discontinue its Section 907 waivers and urges Congress to roll back its waiver authority for this law,” the ANCA statement also reads. “Parallel to Section 907 enforcement issues, the ANCA is carefully tracking potential arms export control violations related to Azerbaijan, including the third-party sourcing of sensitive U.S. equipment, software, and services for drones and other weapons systems.”

The ANCA commented also on Bolton expressing openness to US arms sales to Armenia.

“The danger here is that Azerbaijan, given the size of its military budget, can afford significantly more advanced U.S. arms than Armenia - leading to imbalances both on the battlefield and in terms of political relationships,” it noted.