Congress calling for $45 million in FY22 US aid to Armenia, additional...
WASHINGTON, DC – The House and Senate have agreed to send $45 million in US aid to Armenia and $2 million in demining assistance for Artsakh as part of the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Foreign Aid Bill...
View ArticleANCA requests meeting with President Biden regarding Enforcement of Section 907
ANCA chairman Raffi Hamparian has requested a meeting with President Biden regarding the enforcement of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act. WASHINGTON, DC –The Armenian National Committee of...
View ArticleArmenia and Azerbaijan consider peace talks as violence in Artsakh escalates
A sign reading I love Khramort (Hunan Tadevosyan, February 26) While violence escalates in Artsakh, Armenian and Azerbaijani authorities have exchanged statements on initiating peace talks. Human...
View Article“Humanitarian terrorism” in Artsakh, population deprived of gas supply again
A man stands knee-deep in snow in Stepanakert (NKR InfoCenter, March 20) Artsakh authorities claim that Azerbaijan has disrupted the supply of natural gas from Armenia for the second time in two weeks,...
View ArticleAzerbaijan invades Parukh village, deadly attacks on Artsakh ongoing
Azerbaijan has seized the village of Parukh in Artsakh, while two Armenian soldiers have been killed in ongoing attacks using combat drones. Artsakh Defense Army officials report that on March 24,...
View ArticlePresident Biden proposes $24 million for Armenia; no figure for Artsakh aid
WASHINGTON, DC – The Biden administration has called for just $24 million in US assistance to Armenia in the White House Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget proposal released today – $21 million less than...
View ArticleRussian peacekeepers deployed to Parukh after Azerbaijani advance on Artsakh
Russian peacekeeping contingent in village of Parukh, March 28, 2022 (Photo: Telegram/RUS_Peacekeeper) The Russian peacekeeping force in Artsakh says that it has taken control of Parukh after an attack...
View ArticleANCA backs Armenian Genocide Education Act
The Armenian Genocide Education Act, set to be introduced in the days leading up to the April 24th international commemoration of this crime, would provide $10 million over 5 years to the Library of...
View ArticlePashinyan, Aliyev agree to peace talks
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, European Council President Charles Michel and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev in Brussels (RA Government, April 6) Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s...
View ArticlePashinyan ready to recognize Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity
Pashinyan delivers a speech about Armenia’s foreign policy at the National Assembly (RA Prime Minister, April 13) Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan said that he is prepared to “lower the bar” regarding the...
View ArticleVice-President of the Armenian Parliament alerts US Congress about urgent...
Ishkhan Saghatelyan (Photo RA National Assembly, August 5) WASHINGTON, DC – The Vice-President of the National Assembly of Armenia Ishkhan Saghatelyan has alerted US House and Senate leaders to the...
View ArticleArtsakh politicians condemn “catastrophic position” of Armenian government
Political figures and civic activists from Armenia and Artsakh have condemned Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s call to “lower the bar” regarding the status of Artsakh in negotiations on a peace deal...
View ArticleArmenian Genocide Education Act introduced in US House
Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) introduced the Armenian Genocide Education Act, which seeks to provide $10 million over five years to the Library of Congress to help...
View ArticleANCA: President Biden must transform Armenian Genocide recognition into...
WASHINGTON, DC – A year after President Biden rejected Turkey’s gag-rule on honest US remembrance of the Armenian Genocide, Armenian Americans look for concrete US action to secure justice for this...
View ArticleArmenia’s opposition mobilizes once again to oust Pashinyan
Opposition protest in Yerevan (Armenia Alliance, April 27) The opposition factions in Armenia have launched a series of protests this week in preparation for a mass rally to demand the resignation of...
View ArticlePolice arrest hundreds of protesters demanding Pashinyan’s resignation
Police have detained hundreds of protesters during ongoing mass rallies demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and warning against the concession of Artsakh to Azerbaijan....
View ArticleEastern USA stands with Artsakh
While under Soviet rule, and soon after the massacres of Sumgait in 1988, the citizens of Artsakh passed a referendum to join Armenia. In 1991, another referendum was passed to establish the Nagorno...
View ArticleArmenian police launch criminal proceedings against opposition protesters
Protesters clash with police (Armenia Alliance, May 11) Law enforcement authorities have opened criminal cases against more than a dozen participants of protests calling for the resignation of Armenian...
View ArticleArmenia responds to Azerbaijan’s peace proposal
Edmon Marukyan (Facebook, October 6, 2021) Armenia’s ambassador-at-large Edmon Marukyan has revealed the contents of a six-point proposal to Azerbaijan regarding the issues Armenia wants on the agenda...
View ArticleArmenia and Azerbaijan launch border demarcation
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, European Council President Charles Michel, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan meet in Brussels (European Council, May 23) Armenia and Azerbaijan have...
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