U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone has condemned the latest Azerbaijani provocation against Armenia and urged the Biden administration to hold Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev to account.
“This is another senseless provocation from Azerbaijani forces against Armenia,” he said in a tweet on Wednesday.
“Azerbaijan has repeatedly initiated unprovoked acts of aggression on sovereign Armenian territory that destabilize the region and make peace nearly impossible. The U.S. must hold Aliyev accountable!” Rep. Pallone added.
Four Armenian soldiers were killed and six wounded in a border skirmish provoked by Azerbaijan on Tuesday.
The Armenian Defense Ministry said Armenian troops came under Azerbaijani fire when they were conducting engineering work near Tegh, a border village in southeastern Syunik Province.
