WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, members of the Congressional Armenian Issues Caucus met with the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills. The members in attendance were Co-Chairs Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Robert Dold (R-IL), as well as Congressmen David Cicilline (D-RI), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) and David Valadao (R-CA). The discussion focused on expanding the economic partnership between the United States and Armenia particularly in the tourism sector, the escalating violence

The following statements were made by Members of the U.S. Congress to commemorate and preserve in the historical record the 1988 anti-Armenian pogroms in Sumgait, Kirovabad, and Baku, Azerbaijan. Every year, Members of Congress rise to remember the brutal persecution of Armenians in Azerbaijan, events which ultimately led to the independence movement of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. IN REMEMBRANCE OF SUMGAIT, KIROVABAD AND BAKU MASSACRES — SPEECH OF HON. BRAD SHERMAN OF CALI