AAANews Blog Today, Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Brad Sherman (D-CA) commented on the latest Azerbaijani aggression against the people of Nagorno-Karabakh. Congressman Schiff said that “For two decades, the people of Nagorno-Karabakh have lived with constant threats and sniper fire from Azerbaijan, which seeks to reassert control over the overwhelmingly Armenian population of the region. Last week, Azeri forces again attacked across the Line of Contact, resulting in

Armenian Assembly of America Executive Director (right) meeting with First Deputy Defense Minister of Armenia Davit Tonoyan (center) and Armenian National Committee Executive Director Aram Hamparian (left) at the Embassy of Armenia in Washington, DC. #Karabakh #ArmenianAssemblyofAmerica #Washingtondc #BryanArdouny #NagornoKarabakh #AramHamparian #Armenian #DavitTonoyan #Armenia

By Peter Kechichian and Gevorg Shahbazyan AAANews Blog Last week, Azerbaijan was again the focus of a U.S. foreign policy discussion. On July 1st, the Atlantic Council hosted a forum in Washington D.C. entitled, “NATO in the Caucasus: The Case of Azerbaijan.” Moderated by Mr. David Koranyi, the Deputy Director of the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, the panel featured influential analysts who cover this strategic region. These included Ambassador Khazar Ibrahi

Mariam Pashayan AAANews Blog On Thursday, July 3, 2014, Armenian Caucus co-chair Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) submitted a statement into the Congressional Record of the U.S. House of Representatives in dedication to outgoing Armenian Ambassador Tatoul Markarian. Markarian has been Armenia’s Ambassador in Washington since 2005. Before his appointment as Ambassador, Markarian was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2000-2005. “Ambassador Markarian has dedicated his

Key Amendments Adopted Include Calling for the Protection of Religious Minorities in Syria, Urging States to Prevent the Use of their Territories for Cross Border Attacks on Communities like Kessab, Affirming Principle of Peaceful Settlement of Disputes and Right of Self-Determination of Peoples At a parliamentary meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) held in Baku, Azerbaijan earlier today, Armenia’s representative offered two amendments to

By Taniel Koushakjian (@Taniel_Shant) AAANews Blog HOUSE: The House is in session this week with final votes scheduled for Thursday night. Congress will begin their 4th of July recess this Friday and will return on Tuesday, July 8th. – HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE VOTE THIS MORNING: Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee is scheduled to markup H.R. 4347, the Turkey Christian Churches Accountability Act, at 9 AM. There has been heavy opposition to this bill, according t

By: Gevorg Shahbazyan, Summer Intern, Armenian Assembly of America On Monday, June 16, the Jamestown Foundation held a conference entitled “Repercussions of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict on Moldova and the South Caucasus,” at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. The two panel conference featured several policy experts and former U.S. government officials, including Margarita Assenova, Director of Programs for the Balkans, Caucasus & Central Asia

By Taniel Koushakjian May 30, 2014 HOUSE: The House was in session on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week but will be out all next week in observance of Memorial Day. The House will return on Monday, June 9. The House Appropriations Committee has not yet scheduled a date to approve the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015, which covers U.S. economic, humanitarian and military assistance to Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh, an

The Armenian Assembly of America invites you to join the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia, the Office of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic and Armenian American organizations at the Annual Capitol Hill Observance of the Armenian Genocide, on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 in the Rayburn Gold Room 2168 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm featuring special guest speaker Ragip Zarakolu, Turkish human rights activists and outspoken champion of Armenian Genoc

Join Armenian Assembly of America board member Van Krikorian and Andranik Migranyan, member of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy of the Russian Federation for a special discussion on Russian-Armenian and Armenian-American Relations Today at Columbia University, Kent Hall, Room 413 on Thursday, March 27 at 7:00 PM. #Crimea #Genocide #Russia #Ukraine #ArmenianGenocide #NYC #Artsakh #NagornoKarabakh #SouthCaucasus #Diaspora #Armenian #ColumbiaUniversity #Armenia

THE WHITE HOUSE: This week, both the House and Senate returned to Washington and assembled on Tuesday for a bicameral session to receive the President of the United States for the annual State of the Union speech. Addressing Congress and the American people, President Obama proclaimed, “America doesn’t stand still – and neither will I,” as he looks to use his arsenal of executive actions to circumvent Congress in the coming years. The question on the minds of Armenian-America

Both the House and Senate have adjourned for the Thanksgiving week break. The House returns on December 1 and the Senate returns on December 9. The House is expected to wrap up the year by December 13, leaving only 8 days on the legislative calendar. As the Assembly previously reported, talk of major legislative packages (immigration reform and tax reform) have been pushed into next year or beyond. In addition, the 2014 election campaign is officially underway, all but furthe

#ArmenianCaucus #Congress #ArmenianAssemblyofAmerica #Artsakh #DC #NagornoKarabakh #Armenian #CapitolHill

The Armenian Assembly’s Capital Regional Council cordially invites you to our Annual Holiday Briefing & Awards Reception at the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia (2225 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008) on Saturday December 14, 2013 3:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. Featuring H.E. Tatoul Markarian (Ambassador, Republic of Armenia), Robert Avetisyan (Artsakh Representative to the United States), Annie Totah (National Board Member), Bryan Ardouny (Executive Director), Naira Babayan (Artis

Aliyev, Azerbaijan & Axe Murders #Karabakh #IlhamAliyev #GurgenMargaryan #Azerbaijan #NATO #ArmenianAssemblyofAmerica #meme #NagornoKarabakh #axerbaijan #Armenian #Armenia #Hungary

Last time we brought you the Assembly Agenda the U.S. government was on the verge of a shutdown with no solution to keep the government funded in sight between the White House, Senate Democrats and House Republicans. Today is day 14 of the shutdown and, as of this morning, we are no better off now than two weeks ago. The latest talk on Capitol Hill is that House leaders have agreed to drop certain ObamaCare provisions in a proposal that would reopen the government though Janu

Intern Class of 2013 Takes to Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) is proud to inform members, supporters and friends that, with the summer 2013 class, over 1,000 college students have completed the Assembly’s Terjenian-Thomas Summer Internship Program over the past 36 years. The 2013 intern class included Ani Acopian of Easton, Pennsylvania; Ariana Andonian of Rancho Santa Fe, California; Bobby Avakian of Bedford, Massachusetts; Sar

This Week in Washington, D.C. As we reported last week, the full attention of Congress this week has been on the looming government shutdown set to occur next Tuesday, October 1. Earlier this week the House passed a stop-gap spending bill that would keep the government open and operating for 45 days and that would defund the President’s healthcare law for FY14. Today, the Senate passed the House version, stripping the defunding language, thus setting up a showdown between the

WATCH: Azerbaijan Ambassador Attempts to Dispute Armenian Assembly of America’s Right to Submit Testimony to Congress. Learn more at www.armenian-assembly.org. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/) #Karabakh #ArmenianAssembly #GurgenMargaryan #Azerbaijan #Congress #RamilSafarov #ArmenianAssemblyofAmerica #Julfa #Politics #Artsakh #DC #NagornoKarabakh #Nakhichevan #freedomofpress #Armenian #Armenia

200 violations in May, 200 violations in June, and 200 more last week. Azerbaijan Dictator Ilham Aliyev sure loves his sniper rifles and targeting Armenians, but will the world respond? #Karabakh #Azerbaijan #Artsakh #sniper #NagornoKarabakh #NagornoKarabakh #Armenia