Yerevan, Armenia (AP) — A U. S. CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION LED BY House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived Saturday in Armenia, where a three-day ceasefire has been in place after an outbreak of clashes with neighboring Azerbaijan killed more than 200 troops from both sides.
The U. S. Embassy said it will come with an assembly with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
On Friday, Pelosi told reporters in Berlin that “it’s about human rights and respect for the dignity and worth of each and every person. “
Other members of the U. S. delegation The U. S. Representatives Frank Pallone, chairman of the House Commerce and Energy Committee; and delegates Jackie Speier and Anna Eshoo.
A ceasefire went into effect late Wednesday after two days of heavy fighting that marked the biggest outbreak of hostilities in nearly two years.
Armenia and Azerbaijan traded rights over the bombings, with the Armenian government accusing Baku of unprovoked aggression and Azerbaijani officials saying their country responded to the Armenian attacks.
Pashinyan said at least 135 Armenians were killed in the fighting. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said Friday it had lost 77.
The two ex-Soviet countries are locked in a decades-long standoff over Nagorno-Karabakh, which is part of Azerbaijan but has been under the control of Armenian-backed ethnic Armenian forces since the end of a separatist war in 1994.
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