U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff wrote a letter to U.S.
\nPresident Joe Biden on the necessity of U.S. action regarding the blockade of
\nthe Lachin corridor.
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He urged the U.S. president to direct the U.S. Mission to
\nthe U.N. to lead a U.N. Security Council resolution calling on Azerbaijan to
\nimmediately comply with the orders of the International Court of Justice,
\nproviding for the deployment of a team of U.N. experts to Artsakh to gather
\ninformation and produce an independent report on the human rights and
\nhumanitarian situation. He also called on the U.S. president to sanction
\nAzerbaijan for its flagrant violations of international law and the Universal
\nDeclaration of Human Rights.<\/p>\n
“Direct USAID and the Department of Defense to assess
\noptions for the United States to assist in the delivery of aid to Artsakh by
\nland or airlift to prevent the very real threat of starvation and avoid the
\npreventable deaths of innocent civilians,” the congressman wrote.<\/p>\n
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He also called on Joe Biden to personally call Aliyev and
\nurge him to lift the blockade, to warn him that there will be consequences,
\nincluding the implementation of sanctions, visa restrictions, and cutting off U.S.
\nforeign assistance, if the blockade continues.<\/p>\n
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