ArmInfo. Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, responded to Samantha Power, Director of USAID, on the social media platform X.
"During 30 years long occupation of Azerbaijan's land by Armenia when million more Azerbaijanis were subject of notorious and bloody ethnic cleansing the United States stood with aggressor state of Armenia. Nowadays, the same policy continues in the same form and manifestation.
"Pretending to academic or professional impartiality would be incorrect, as professor of 'Human Rights' Practice at University Samantha Power in her propaganda book 'A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide (2002)' passed in complete silence over the genocide and atrocities committed by Armenia against innocent Azerbaijani civilians. As United States PermRep at United Nations Security Council, she never dared to raise the plight of Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs and demand implementation of UNSC resolutions, let alone condemning occupation of Armenia.
"Under the umbrella of Aurora Prize, Samantha Power came together with the founder of this fund, notorious oligarch and money launderer Ruben Vardanyan who also financed separatism in Ukraine. Interestingly, in 2019, European Parliament members demanded sanctions against Troyka Dialogue Banker(s) founder - Ruben Vardanyan for money laundering schemes. Ruben Vardanyan was also planning coup d'etat against the United States supported political leadership of Armenia after having established himself in Karabakh since October 2022.
"Azerbaijanophobia, Turkphobia, political corruption, 'moneytalkism', and political speculations under the so-called Aurora prize were probably shared values and interests between Ruben Vardanyan and Samantha Power.
"Mask Off! There is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer!"
On November 21, the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced more than $4.1 million in additional humanitarian assistance for people affected by the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. This additional funding brings total U.S. humanitarian assistance for the Nagorno-Karabakh response to nearly $28 million since 2020.
Azerbaijan's military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh between September 19 and 20 displaced more than 100,000 people into neighboring Armenia and generated significant humanitarian needs.
With this additional assistance, USAID is supporting efforts on the ground to provide urgently needed humanitarian assistance for almost 74,000 vulnerable refugees and displaced persons from Nagorno- Karabakh who are sheltering in Armenia. This funding will increase life-saving food assistance and provide humanitarian protection and emergency shelter.
The U.S. stands with civilians affected by Azerbaijan's military operation and supports the Armenian government's efforts to help those in need, reads a press release by USAID.