U.S. State Department's report on Armenia a response to pressure of Armenian lobby?March 17, 2007 - 14:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The U.S. State Department's 2006 report on Human Rights for Armenia, most probably is Washington's response to the unprecedented pressure on U.S. administration and Congress exerted by some Armenian lobby groups, that official Yerevan has a definite influence on, Armenian expert Grigor Hovhannisyan said. He stressed State Department's 2006 report on Human Rights mentions about it, pointing out that "Nagorno Karabakh is an occupied territory within Azerbaijan". According to G. Hovhannisyan, the Turkish-Azeri lobby in joint efforts of U.S. Jewish organizations actively opposes activities of the Armenian lobby in the issue to adopt the Armenian Genocide Resolution by the U.S. Congress, "Kavkazki Uzel" reports. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |