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Mar 15, 20172 min read

Armenian Assembly Urges Investigation of Azerbaijan’s Ties & Compromising Material on U.S. Officials

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier this week, the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) sent letters to the Senate and House Select Committees...

Dec 29, 20161 min read

Armenian Assembly Executive Director Bryan Ardouny Responds to Biased Article

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) Executive Director Bryan Ardouny responded to a...

Dec 20, 20162 min read

The Rachel Maddow Show’s Distasteful and Misleading Introduction

The first six minutes of The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC editorialized a prescripted hit piece on Armenians instead of reporting on the...

Dec 19, 20162 min read

Turkey Unsafe for Diplomats and Foreign Visitors

Turkish Terrorism Continues while ISIS Operates within Border Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov speaks at a gallery in Ankara on...

Jun 21, 20162 min read

Armenia, Azerbaijan Presidents Held Second Meeting on Nagorno Karabakh

(L-R): Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. On June 20,...

Apr 13, 20162 min read

Armenians Protest Against Russian Arms Sales To Azerbaijan

(RFE/RL) – Hundreds of Armenians have demonstrated in Yerevan against Russian weapon sales to Azerbaijan, claiming the sales led to the...

Mar 11, 20164 min read

Analyst: No Promise From Armenia On Direct Support For Russia In Syria

By Sargis Harutyunyan (RFE/RL) – The Armenian president may have gone “too far, too fast” in giving “blanket endorsement” to Russia in...

Nov 12, 20152 min read

Russia To Upgrade Joint Air Defense With Armenia

President Serzh Sarkisian ® with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin visit the 102nd Russian Military Base in Gyumri (Photo Taken on...

Nov 20, 20144 min read

Congress, Armenian Assembly Condemn Azerbaijan Downing of Armenian Helicopter in Karabakh

By Taniel Koushakjian (@Taniel_Shant) AAANews Blog On November 12th, an Azerbaijani military unit stationed near the official Line of...

Jul 18, 20144 min read

NATO and Azerbaijan: An Unbalanced Partnership

By Peter Kechichian and Gevorg Shahbazyan AAANews Blog Last week, Azerbaijan was again the focus of a U.S. foreign policy discussion. On...

Jun 30, 20143 min read

Rep. Schiff Votes in Support of Armenia’s Amendments on Syria & Karabakh at OSCE Parliament Assembly

Key Amendments Adopted Include Calling for the Protection of Religious Minorities in Syria, Urging States to Prevent the Use of their...

Jun 26, 20145 min read

The Assembly Agenda: This week in Washington, D.C. – June 26, 2014

By Taniel Koushakjian (@Taniel_Shant) AAANews Blog HOUSE: The House is in session this week with final votes scheduled for Thursday...

Jun 19, 20145 min read

Russian policies in Ukraine and their effect on the South Caucasus

By: Gevorg Shahbazyan, Summer Intern, Armenian Assembly of America On Monday, June 16, the Jamestown Foundation held a conference...

May 28, 20145 min read

H.R.6 Passes: an Alternative Solution to Balance Russia’s Monopoly on Eastern Europe's Energy Supply

By Orsolya Doricsak May 28, 2014 On Wednesday, April 30, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed H.R.6, a bill that would speed up...

Mar 21, 20141 min read

(Flyer) Discussion on Russian-Armenian & Armenian-American Relations at Columbia University

Join Armenian Assembly of America board member Van Krikorian and Andranik Migranyan, member of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy...

Feb 25, 20148 min read

The First Refuge & the Last Defense: The Armenian Church, Etchmiadzin, & the Armenian Genocide

Major Exhibit Issued by ANI, AGMA, and Assembly Available Online Washington, DC – The Armenian National Institute (ANI), Armenian...

Nov 14, 201310 min read

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing Discusses Armenia

(Left: Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT); Right: Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria J. Nuland) WASHINGTON,...

Oct 18, 20136 min read

Spotlight Refocus: The Latest on Turkey

By: Hamlet Tamazian & Bobby Avakian The American spotlight on the unrest in Turkey has faded since the worst of the Taksim Square riots,...