The Armenian Weekly
Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 07:00
Nagorno-Karabagh Republic (Artsakh/NKR) parliamentarian Lernik Hovhannisyan briefed Members of Congress and their senior aides regarding Azerbaijan’s recent escalation of violence against Artsakh and Armenia, during a full day of meetings on Capitol Hill on June 7.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 06:46
During a shared dialogue with House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.), who, along with Ranking Democrat Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), is the chief architect of the Karabagh peace recommendations, ANCA Chairman Raffi Hamparian discussed the Aliyev regime’s devastating incursion against Artsakh—the worst since the ceasefire established some 22 years ago—and the ensuing Azerbaijani war crimes, including the brutal murder and mutilation of an elderly Armenian couple and the beheading of three Armenian soldiers. The ANCA has been joined by senior Foreign Affairs Committee member Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) and Armed Services Committee member Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) in calling for a “Leahy Law” investigation, which would zero-out U.S. military assistance to Azerbaijani units found to have committed war crimes.
Friday, March 6, 2015 - 07:18
Armenia and Russia are allies and have a mutual defense pact. Russian troops help guard Armenia’s border with Turkey. Armenia is Russia’s only ally in the Caucasus. Why then is Russia supplying sophisticated weapons to a country that is not just Armenians’ enemy but also hostile to Russian interests?