ArmInfo.The Armenian Assembly of America (AAA) calls on American companies lobbying the interests of Azerbaijan to refuse to cooperate with this country. This is stated in the message received in Armenia by AAA.
"Instead of supporting the regime, whose leader promised to exterminate Christian Armenians like dogs, American firms should stop cooperating with Azerbaijan and Turkey if they have even a grain of conscience or a sense of American patriotism," said Assembly Co-Chairs Anthony Barsamyan and Van Krikorian ... According to them, accepting blood money to spread misinformation from the Aliyev and Erdogan regimes among members of Congress and the Trump administration is immoral and unjustified. These tyrants in Baku and Ankara imported jihadist terrorists to organize another genocide. And no excuses can hide the crimes committed by international terrorism, replete with a large number of beheadings of Christians. AAA notes that American companies lobbying for Azerbaijan's interests should be ashamed. The country's armed forces are striking schools, churches, hospitals, urban infrastructure and residential areas of Artsakh using heavy artillery and modern attack drones. Civilians pay a high price with their lives. Meanwhile, the report notes, Erdogan and Aliyev refuse to observe the signed truce, refusing even to take the bodies of Azerbaijani, Turkish and jihadist militants killed on the battlefields. In view of these developments, lobbying firms representing some of America's leading corporations should not accept blood money from Baku.
News reports indicate that the Azerbaijani government is allowing the services of some of the most powerful lobbying firms in Washington to be retained. So, the BGR Group company reported on fees in the amount of more than $ 500 thousand in 2019. In addition, corporate interests of companies such as BP, as well as former officials, are actively pouring water on the mill of Azerbaijan, which is usually called "Azerbaijan's laundry". The AAA reminds that human rights organizations and the US State Department regularly refer to the Azerbaijani government for suppressing dissent, as well as for imprisoning and torturing government critics. Reporters Without Borders ranks Azerbaijan 168th in terms of press freedom out of 180 countries it monitors. In addition, the US State Department, in its 2019 report, reported on the appalling state of human rights in Azerbaijan. Significant human rights problems in this country included murder, torture, arbitrary detention, harsh and sometimes life-threatening prison conditions, political prisoners, arbitrary interference with privacy, widespread problems with judicial independence, severe restrictions on freedom of expression , press and the Internet. Violence against journalists, harassment and imprisonment of journalists on questionable charges, and blocking of websites have also been reported. There has been significant interference with the rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of association, restrictions on freedom of movement, the forced return of refugees to a country where they face threats to their lives or freedom, severe restrictions on political participation, systemic corruption in government, police detention and torture of lesbians , gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people. The government of Azerbaijan did not prosecute or punish most officials who violate human rights, impunity remains a problem in Azerbaijan. The AAA also emphasizes that Armenia is a country with a population of about 3 million people, whose defense budget is about $ 1.4 billion. ... Azerbaijan has three times the population of Armenia and is armed with both Russia and the United States. He spends $ 7 billion a year on his army. The attacks, which began on Sunday, September 27, were aided by Turkey, a country of 82 million and fully armed with the most advanced weapons of NATO countries. Recently, Azerbaijan has also purchased lethal weapons from Israel, Belarus, China and South Korea. Armenia is the oldest Christian nation in the world. Its vulnerability in the face of Azerbaijani, Turkish and jihadist aggression should worry Christians around the world and every citizen of the world who cares about justice and peace. "We call on all respectable people in the United States and around the world to act immediately to save lives. Lobbyists who spread lies on behalf of a country that denies many basic human rights are no better than mercenaries on the battlefield," Barsamyan and Krikoryan said.