ANCA Welcomes RFK, Jr Statement Calling on Advance Rights of Artsakh Armenians

U.S. Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged that his administration would mobilize the international community to sanction Azerbaijan, secure the safe return of Armenians ethnically cleansed by Azerbaijan to their Artsakh homeland, and support their right to self-determination, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). In a video statement titled “RFK Jr. On How to Avert War in Armenia,“ the presidential candidate stressed, “I want to commit this country to the restoration of the sovereignty of #Armenia and #Artsakh and to the restoration of its territory. Instead of starting another war somewhere, I want to stop one.“ “Empty condemnations of this ethnic cleansing campaign are not enough. Unlike the 1915 genocide, this one is reversible,“ stressed RFK, Jr., who went on to note: “The U.S. government needs to organize and mobilize the global community to take action to ensure the safe return of Armenians to Artsakh and to defend their right to self-determination. This is a situation where peaceful sanctions could actually work. The U.S. still has leverage in that region and it can use that power to mobilize all of the nations in that region to reverse this humanitarian tragedy. We should also seek the removal of the blockades in Armenia by Turkey and Azerbaijan. Armenia is a landlocked nation and it needs access to ports and to the surrounding countries.“ “The ANCA welcomes Robert Kennedy, Jr.’s calls to sanction Azerbaijan and support the rights of Artsakh Armenians to self-determination and a safe return to their ancestral homeland,” said Aram Hamparian, Executive director of the ANCA. “More broadly, we value his emergence as a viable third 2024 option for Armenian American voters, especially given that two of the most likely major party candidates, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, both armed Azerbaijan’s genocide of Artsakh’s Christian Armenians.”