Politics

While the political circles in Armenia are actively discussing the visit of the US state secretary Hillary Clinton to Armenia and the results, the American Stratfor company has published a very interesting article, which usually is considered to express the standpoints of the American government. This article covered the situation in South Caucasus and the …

– Mr. Arzumanyan, what meaning did the visit of the US State Secretary Hillary Clinton have for our region? What issues has the top US official solved by this visit? – In the past the Armenian authorities with Russia implemented the “Property instead of debt” program. And during the past two years the Armenian government …

July 7, 2010 | 0856 GMT By George Friedman U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited some interesting spots over the July 4 weekend. Her itinerary included Poland and Ukraine, both intriguing choices in light of the recent Obama-Medvedev talks in Washington. But she also traveled to a region that has not been on the …

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courier During her visit to Armenia on July 5, U.S. Secretary State Hillary Clinton placed a wreath at the Armenian Genocide Monument at Tsitsernakaberd in Yerevan. Regrettably, however, the U.S. Embassy in Armenia issued a press release describing the visit as "private." By using such a characterization, U.S. officials were trying …

Yesterday at the opening ceremony of central headquarters of the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev again spoke about Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and regulation of the Karabkh conflict through military actions. He only spoke about the surrender of regions adjacent to the former NKAR and the corridor between Armenia and …

Armen Harutiunyan, the state human rights ombudsman, described as “worrisome” the situation with media freedom in Armenia, in a special report released yesterday. The report deplores physical attacks on local journalists, “restrictions” on news reporting and strong government influence on Armenian broadcast media. “There are numerous problems in the Republic of Armenia, and the course …

The RA ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan believes the Hague international court will refuse the case brought by the Armenian national Congress against former president Robert Kocharyan. “The Republic of Armenia has not signed the Hague document, and they have no rights on Armenia,” said Armen Harutyunyan.

“The possibility of war is bigger now than ever. We must be ready for Azerbaijan’s unexpected attack at any time,” yesterday said Gerard Chaliand, honorary member and expert of the Civilitas foundation. According to him, currently Armenia is in a very isolated situation, but Turkey and Azerbaijan are strengthening their positions in the region. Concerning …

“Our authorities, who were trying to represent themselves as sole leaders, have thrown away from the process and ignored the refugees all this time,” says member of Karabakh committee Ashot Manucharyan. He believes that the authorities of both Armenia and Karabakh are ignoring the rights of the refugees. “The organizations occupied in the issues of …

The former foreign affairs minister of the NKR Arman Melikyan stated noted that the only political force able to impose demands and demand changes – the Armenian National Congress, is silent because its approach is consistent with the ongoing processes. Melikyan noted that in case the Madrid principles are worked on, new principles can arise …