YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, ARMENPRESS. Friends of Armenia will travel to Washington, DC from across America on March 15 for a two-day Capitol Hill advocacy campaign promoting peace, prosperity, and justice for the Armenian nation, organized by the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), “Armenpress” reports citing the official website of ANCA.

“We look forward to building upon the success of December’s fly-in with a renewed grassroots drive this spring challenging Azerbaijan’s aggression, removing barriers to the growth of U.S.-Armenia economic relations, and overriding Turkey’s veto against a principled American stand for a just resolution of the Armenian Genocide,” said Elen Asatryan, ANCA Western Region Executive Director and Armen Sahakyan of the ANCA Eastern Region. “We encourage constituents from across America to join us, once again, in making our case to Congress.”

Congressional leaders will be urged to help save lives, avert war and create the conditions for a fair and enduring peace by demanding the immediate implementation of the Royce-Engel proposals for Nagorno Karabakh: 1) The withdrawal of snipers and heavy arms, 2) the addition of OSCE observers, and 3) the deployment of gunfire locator systems. The U.S. government, the OSCE and both Armenia and Artsakh have endorsed these proposals. Only Azerbaijan‘s objections are preventing their implementation.

ANCA also recently published a report on summarizing its efforts over Artsakh in 2016. In the report the Committee reaffirmed its commitment to the fight against Azerbaijani aggression urging the government of the USA to restrain the provocative actions of official Baku. At the same time The US government will be urged to stop military assistance to Azerbaijan and instead of it to sponsor projects in Artsakh.