Senate hearings for new U.S. Ambassador-designate to Armenia due Nov 30November 30, 2022 - 15:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for Kristina A Kvien, President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, on Wednesday, November 30. The American diplomat served as U.S. chargé d’affaires to Ukraine from January 2020 to May 2022, which she had previously served as between May to June 2019. From June 2019 to January 2020, she was deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of the United States in Kyiv. She was nominated by President Biden to serve as the United States Ambassador to Armenia in June 2022. If approved, she will replace Lynne Tracy. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. 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. Partner news | Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Pashinyan: We must stop searching for homeland, we have found that homeland Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |