U.S. State Department's report on Armenia a response to pressure of Armenian lobby?

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.
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