Englewood Cliffs recognized Artsakh Republic

ArmInfo. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Mayor Mario M. Kranjac passed a resolution on behalf of the mayor's office on November 4, recognizing the Republic of Artsakh  and its inalienable right to self-determination and condemned the  Azerbaijani and Turkish attacks against the Armenians of Nagorno  Karabakh (Artsakh), reported the Armenian National Committee of  America Eastern Region (ANCA-ER).   

"It is my humble opinion that a path to peace can always be found  with reasonable people, and we must always find our way down that  path rather than the dead-end of conflict," said Englewood Cliffs  Mayor Mario M. Kranjac.  New Jersey, which is the home to nearly  50,000 Armenian Americans, has seen the support of city, state and  federal support for Artsakh including a mayoral proclamation from  Borough of Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich on October 15, New Jersey  State Senator Joseph Lagana's introduction of legislation S.R.99  condemning the attacks and recognizing Artsakh on October 30, along  with the support of several congressional members including Senators  Menendez and Booker and Representatives Pallone, Gottheimer,  Norcross, Smith, Malinowski, Sires, Pascrell, Watson Coleman and Kim. 

"This ongoing, indiscriminate war is as personal as it gets for me.  My family and I are from Hadrut in Artsakh and we lost my father to  the first war. He was our hero and our nation's martyr and I will do  whatever I can to bring awareness to the atrocities that the  Azerbaijani and Turkish governments are bringing against the  Armenians of Artsakh. I applaud Mayor Kranjac on standing alongside  me and my fellow Englewood Cliffs residents and the Armenian nation,"  said ANC of New Jersey activist David Ambartsumian.