ArmInfo.The United States, Russia, and France - permanent members of the Security Council - must work together to advance a diplomatic solution. A resolution should identify Azerbaijan and Turkey as aggressors and establish an international monitoring mission on Nagorno- Karabakh's borders under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, an article in The Boston Globe US publication reads.
The source recalls that chapter 7 authorizes all necessary means to preserve peace and security.
As the author of the article David L. Phillips writes, the Trump administration must do its part by ceasing all military assistance to Azerbaijan, and enforcing Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act, which prohibits US assistance to the government of Azerbaijan until it takes "demonstrable steps to cease all blockades and other offensive force against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh."
In addition, the United States should apply sanctions against Turkey under the Countering American Sanctions Against Adversaries Act, adopted by Congress in response to Turkey's purchase of S400 missiles from Russia. The Trump administration is reluctant to back its rhetoric with meaningful action, the author considers. He received millions of dollars from licensing agreements in Turkey as well as fees from Azerbaijani oligarchs. He may need financing from Turkish and Azerbaijani concerns to service the Trump Organization's 400 mln USD debt.
Given his financing requirements, Trump may be unwilling to put the US national interest ahead of his personal financial interest.