Open Letter to U.S. Secretary of State from Worldwide Fulbright Scholars  

The Honorable Michael R. Pompeo

Secretary of State

U.S. Department of State

Washington, DC

Dear Secretary Pompeo:

The full-scale war between Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Nagorno-Karabakh has taken too many lives and generated enough hatred. Civilians are killed and infrastructure is destroyed every day in violation of the recent agreement on a humanitarian ceasefire. The conflict has gravely undermined regional stability and is generating a humanitarian catastrophe.

We, as members of the Fulbright Program Network, which advocates peace, respect, and cultural understanding within local communities and globally, hereby call upon the U.S. government, both as a UN Security Council Member and as an OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair, to ensure the realization of Nagorno-Karabakh people’s right to peace by:

1. Taking immediate steps to monitor the implementation of the ceasefire agreement,
2. Ensuring the security of civilians and integrity of civilian infrastructure, particularly in the main conflict zone, Nagorno-Karabakh,
3. Taking immediate measures to organize and provide humanitarian aid to the affected population of Nagorno-Karabakh,
4. Introducing an international incident investigation mechanism along the conflict line,
5. Urging both sides to resume substantial negotiations,
6. Preventing engagement of any regional actors, whose interference is detrimental to the cause of peace and regional stability.

The Fulbright Program aims to build mutual understanding between nations, respect human dignity, advocate for human rights, advance knowledge across communities, and improve lives around the world. Considering that the United States is a global advocate of the aforementioned values, we call on the United States, as an OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair, to fulfill its Responsibility to Protect towards the affected civilian population.

(The letter is an initiative of individual Fulbright scholars and does not represent the official view of the Fulbright Program or the U.S. Department of State).

Regards,

Sardorbek Mamadjanov, Uzbekistan

Arpine Poghosyan, Armenia

Tatsiana Ziniakova, Belarus

Vladimir Vakhter, Russia

Polina Chelpanova, Russian Federation

Diana Kuzhakhmetova , Russia

Sargylana Cherepanova, Russia

Touseef Ali, Pakistan

Aleksandr Strekalov, Russia

Mohamed Elmonzer, Egypt

Vladyslav Bivziuk, Ukraine

Daria Sinitsyna, Russia

Scarlett Rodriguez, Dominican Republic

Mahrukh Zafar, Pakistan

Sura Oklah, Jordan

Touseef Ali, Pakistan

Aizhan Alma, Kazakhstan

Ivan Nichitenko, Russia

Erik van Zummeren, the Netherlands

Pravindharan Balakrishnan, Malaysia

Dike Samai, Trinidad and Tobago

Diego Gustavo Deleersnyder, Argentina

Sibylle Hornung, Germany

Mamoud Elfar, Egypt

Marina Avia, Spain

Melisa Redondo, Argentina

Hyelim Yoon, South Korea

Kaushal Kishore Chandel, India

Aparna Subramanian, India

Akriti R, India

Karen Davtyan , Armenia

Elvina Asatryan, Armenia

Tagoev Lutfullo, Tajikistan

Nino Mateshvili, Georgia

Steve Porther , Trinidad and Tobago

Emma Ghazaryan, Armenia

Steve Porther , Trinidad and Tobago

Angela K Leech, Australia

Sasa Arsic, Switzerland

Anatoli Georgiadou, Greece

Claire Yun-Ju Chen, Taiwan

Ajay Anilbhai , Panamá

Jaeyoung Ha, South Korea

Vivian Chih, Taiwan

ATO Kwamena Tetteh , Ghana

Somchate Wasantwisut, Thailand

Fernando David Márquez Duarte, México

Yvonne Zhang, UK

Felipe Antequera, Chile

Julio César Díaz Calderón, Mexico

Ya-Yun Chen, Taiwan

Lusine Khachatryan, Armenia

Annelise Bowser, United States

Hasmik Sahakyan, Armenia

Hikmatullah Jamili, Afghanistan

Daniel Aguilera, Honduras

Pablo Tostado Marcos, Spain

Shant Shekherdimian Ahmad, MPH, United States

Lukasz Wyrzykowski, Poland

Armen Ghazaryan, Armenia

Amanullah Haidary Azadany, Afghanistan

Davit Janunts, Armenia

Armen Mkrtchyan, Armenia

Arpine Mazhinyan, Armenia

Armando, El Salvador

Gulcan Cagla Emir, Turkey

Zoltan Fuessy, Slovakia

Biswajit Sarmah, India

Ani Hovhannisyan, Armenia

Seda Mirzoyan, Armenia

Alexandra Schaller, Germany

Ruben Elamiryan, Armenia

Nver Khachaturyan, Armenia

Gayane Baghdasaryan , Armenia

Anna Udvardi, Hungary

Davit Janunts, Armenia

Marco Liuni, France

Alexandra Schaller, Germany

Nelson Octavio Puc Cruz, Mexico

Nadine Shakhshir, Jordan

Iuliia Alieva, Russia

Mabel Crsitina Gonzalez Montoya, Colombia

Armenuhi Avagyan, Armenia

Lusine Ghushchyan, Armenia

Aida A. Hozic, United States

Pablo Tostado Marcos, Spain

Pravesh Raghoo, Mauritius

Martin Uranga Priore, Uruguay

Israporn Sethanant, Thailand

ATO Kwamena Tetteh , Ghana

Qammar Abbas, Pakistan

David Gomez Ladrón de Guevara, Spain

Henry Moncrieff, Venezuela

Ann Karagozian, USA

Shamsudheen Unniankutty, India

Olga Khokhryakova , Russia

Hovhannes Arestakesyan, Armenia

Pratyusha Govindaraju, India

Goldy Yadav, India

Juhi Gupta, India

Kinga Nagy, Hungary

Pierfrancesco Alaimo Di Loro, Italy

Rupel Nargunam, India

Nitin Raja Singh, India

Kezia Duncan, Australia

Amanda Baião, Brazil

Rupel Nargunam, India

Rupel Nargunam, India

Shikha Singh , India

Henrik Behr, Germany

Leslie Willis, USA

Sarah Neugebauer, Deutschland

Zubaidah Almashhadani, Iraq

Mai Nguyen, Vietnam

Gustavo Santamaria González, Panama

Marlon Koci, Albania

Maria Altamirano, Nicaragua

Ahmad Munjizun, Indonesia

Helder Alves de Oliveira, Brazil

Alma Maria Rojas, Paraguay

Laura Owaga, Kenya

James Centeno, United States of America

Naseer Ahmad Noori, Afghanistan

Hagop Toghramadjian, United States of America

Saber Kouas, Tunisie

Dareen Tadros, Palestine

Amal Shimir , Iraq

Anas Buhayh, Libya

Renata Komalasari, Indonesia

Dina Rishmawi, Palestine

Danica Harootian, USA (ETA Armenia)

Elizabeth Atkins, Australia

Adelya Miyassarova, Russia

Fiona Pemberton, Australia

Lesman Ghazaryan, Armenia

Hayasa Tahmazyan, Armenia

Arpine Poghosyan, Armenia

Lusine Khachatryan, Armenia

Shushanna Tevanyan, Armenia