U.S. Condemned Bamiyan Buddha Statues Destruction but Keeps Silent on Armenian Holy Site
Desecration

PanARMENIAN.Net - "For more than three months, the U.S. government did not utter a single word about this systematic desecration of an Armenian holy and cultural site," Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Executive Director Aram Hamparian stated in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net "During a recent visit to Armenia, a State Department official responded to questions on this matter during a press conference by condemning the destruction - but the Department seems to have done little else. This, of course, stands in stark contrast to the vocal U.S. outrage over the Taliban's destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues in 2001," he said.



As for the disparity in the U.S. military aid to Armenia and Azerbaijan, Aram Hapmarian said, "We are working very actively within the Congressional appropriations process - on both the House and Senate sides - to see that military aid parity is restored. The key to this effort is explaining that disparity in favor of Azerbaijan will embolden Baku to act on its increasingly violent threats against Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh."



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