Congressional Democrats warn Turkey of its participation in the disputed territory of the South Nagorno-Karabakh Caucus, where the resumption of fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia threatens a broader regional conflict.
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The persistent tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan became an open clash on Sunday in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh area, with some of the fiercest fighting the region has noticed in years and dozens killed and wounded, adding civilians.
The dispute over the territory, claimed through Azerbaijan but administered and occupied through ethnic Armenians, has been the subject of a decades-long mediation procedure through the Minsk Group, which is a component of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and co-chaired through the United States, France and Russia.
The co-chairs issued a Sunday to prevent clashes and resume negotiations.
But the violence has already provoked a reaction from Turkey, with Ankara supporting Azerbaijan and deploying Syrian fighters to its regional ally, Reuters reported on Monday.
Turkey’s movements were followed through promises of Russian and Greek aid to Armenia, expanding the threat of an armed confrontation between Ankara and Moscow, as well as greater tensions and imaginable fighting between NATO allies.
Armenia and Azerbaijan are NATO partners, while Turkey is a member of NATO.
Engel said the foreign network will have to remain committed to the peace process.
“As co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, the United States does not tolerate Turkey interrupting the peace procedure and aggravating a confrontation that is already heading for a drastic escalation,” Engel added.
Two days earlier, Senator Bob Menendez, New Jersey, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, had called for a ceasefire.
“I strongly condemn Azerbaijan’s attack on Nagorno-Karabakh, some other act of aggression supported through Turkey,” Menendez tweeted on Sunday. “Trump’s leadership suspends security assistance to Azerbaijan and is engaged through the OSCE Minsk Group to achieve a ceasefire. “
Other Democratic congressmen who have called for a tension reduction come with Rep. Brad Sherman Bradley (Brad) James Sherman Night Defense: Congress recommends extension of nuclear weapons treaty Democrats warn Turkey The eighth death of the COVID army known Democrats warn Turkey of its involvement in Azerbaijan-Armenia Sherman clashes in addition to the race for the foreign hammer of the MORE House of Commons (D-Calif. ) , the second-ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which accused Azerbaijan of being the attacks and Turkey to inflame the fighting.
“At this sacred moment for my circle of relatives and my co-religionists, I am concerned about the recent Azeri attacks in [Nagorno-Karabakh],” Sherman wrote on Twitter over the weekend.
“We will have to condemn this aggression and urge Baku to abandon all offensive action by the army and return to the peace table. We will have to avoid the army’s help to Azerbaijan and urge Turkey to run so that it does not send weapons or fighters. “
Representative Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N. J. ), Co-Chair of the Caucus of the Armenian Affairs Congress, blamed Azerbaijan and Turkey for the explosion of violence.
“For months, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have used more combative rhetoric and provocative movements opposed to Artsaj and Armenia,” Pallone said while calling on the State Department to hold Azerbaijan and Turkey accountable.
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“We have a lot of relationships in this area. We’ll see if we can prevent it,” he said.
State Department spokesman Morgan Ortagus on the same day that Under Secretary of State Steve Biegun met with the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia in an effort to ease tensions.
“The United States believes that participation in escalating violence through external parties would be deeply and would only exacerbate regional tensions,” Ortagus said.
We urge the parties to work with the co-chairs of the Minsk Group to resume substantive negotiations as soon as possible. As co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, the United States remains committed to helping the parties reach a non-violent and lasting settlement of the conflict.
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