U.S. Congressmen hand copy of Armenian Genocide bill to Artsakh FMOctober 31, 2019 - 13:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) Foreign Minister Masis Mayilian, who is paying a working visit to the United States, delivered a speech as the keynote speaker at an event in the U.S. Congress dedicated to the independence of Artsakh. The event was organized at the initiative of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues and through the joint efforts of the Embassy of Armenia and the Permanent Representation of Artsakh to the United States, as well as the Armenian National Committee of America and the Armenian Assembly of America. The Foreign Minister expressed his gratitude to the Congressmen present at the event for supporting the Resolution recognizing and condemning the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1923 adopted by the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress the day before. In his speech, Masis Mayilian touched upon the processes of state-building and international recognition of Artsakh and expansion of its international cooperation, as well as the peaceful settlement of the Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict. Congressmen speaking at the event reaffirmed their determination to continue to contribute to strengthening the security of Artsakh and its international recognition. Congressmen Brad Sherman and Frank Pallone solemnly handed to the head of the delegation of Artsakh, Foreign Minister Masis Mayilian a copy of the U.S. House of Representatives’ H.Res.296 Resolution recognizing and condemning the Armenian Genocide. Ambassador of Armenia to the USA Varuzhan Nersesyan, as well as representatives of the Armenian National Committee of America and Armenian Assembly of America also delivered speeches at the event. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |