News - Philip Lawrence resigns as chair of Canada-Azerbaijan Friendship Group due to Azerbaijan's aggression in Karabakh

Canadian MP Philip Lawrence resigns as the chair of the Canada-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Friendship Group due to Azerbaijan's aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh and the subsequent forced displacement of the indigenous Armenian population, the Armenian National Committee of Canada reported. “We commend Mr. Lawrence's principled decision and call on all Canadian elected officials to stop engaging with the state of Azerbaijan and its dictatorial regime,” reads the statement by the Armenian National Committee of Canada. Earlier, the France-Azerbaijan parliamentary friendship group was dissolved.