According to Armenian Assembly of America, two major American lobbyng companies, DLA Piper and The Livingston Group, refused to represent Azerbaijani interests in Washington, rejecting Azerbaijani "bloody money". The authors of initiative Anthony Barsamyan and Van Grigoryan said that they will do their best for other organizations to do the same. Zartonk Media reported.
"For not be associated with Aliyev's regime, whose leader promised to "wipe Christian Armenian like dogs", these companies should stop taking bloody money from Azerbaijan and Turkey, if they have a sense or feeling of American patriotism", the announcment reads.