The US House has passed the Artsakh aid amendment, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) reported.

Today's vote represents a powerful rebuke to the Azerbaijani government-driven, State Department-supported effort to end Artsakh’s demining program, despite its remarkable record of having removed tens of thousand of landmines and saving countless lives.

The Artsakh amendment calls for $1.4 million in US aid for the continuing life-saving de-mining efforts of The HALO Trust.

Artsakh aid has been long under attack by Azerbaijan’s Aliyev regime, and over the past two years, aggressively targeted by the Trump Administration, even as it ramps up US defense and security aid to Baku.

Over 10,000 advocates have contacted Congress in support of continued US demining assistance to Artsakh through the ANCA’s online action portals.