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ANCA LEADERS CONSULT WITH MENENDEZ AND ROYCE ON SYRIA AND IRAQ
10:53, 10 Oct 2014
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) recently held
consultations with the chairmen of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee on a broad range of
Armenian American policy priorities, including the welfare of Armenian
communities amid a worsening ISIS crisis, an increasingly strained
U.S.-Turkey relationship, and growing instability throughout the
greater Middle East.
In separate meetings with Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and
Representative Ed Royce (R-CA), ANCA leaders discussed the threat
posed by Turkey-backed ISIS aggression in Syria and Iraq, and the
welfare of Armenian and other at-risk minority communities in the
region, as part of the larger landscape of Armenian American concerns.
In each meeting, key points included efforts to end White House
complicity in Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide prior to the
centennial of this crime, U.S. legislation seeking Turkey's return of
Christian churches, the security of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, and
the further strengthening of U.S.-Armenia relations. These meetings
are part of the ANCA's ongoing engagement with policymakers in the
White House, State Department, and Congress on the full range of
Armenian American advocacy priorities.
"We thank both Chairman Menendez and Chairman Royce for sharing their
insights, for working with us to explore principled and pragmatic
solutions, and - most importantly - for exercising their thoughtful
and decisive leadership on issues of urgent concern to the Armenian
American community," said ANCA Board Member Raffi Hamparian, who
took part in both meetings. "With so many crucial challenges facing
the Armenian nation - and so much room for improvement in the Obama
Administration's deeply flawed policies on these issues - we place
special meaning on our relationships with friends in Congress, and
look forward to working in cooperation with legislators from both
parties and across our country to advance our shared interests and
common values.
In April of this year, Chairman Menendez led the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee's successful adoption of the Armenian Genocide
Resolution (S.Res. 410), the first such action by a Senate Committee
in more than two decades. On the House side, in June of this year,
Chairman Royce spearheaded the adoption in the Foreign Affairs
Committee of H.R.4347, the Turkey Christian Churches Accountability
Act, a bipartisan measure to help secure Turkey's surrender of stolen
Armenian and other Christian Church properties. Chairman Royce also
led an April 24, 2014, Congressional delegation to Armenia, where he
joined with House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Democrat Eliot
Engel (D-NY) and fellow Committee members David Cicilline (D-RI),
and Lois Frankel (D-FL) in marking the Armenian Genocide at the
Dzidzernagapert memorial.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/10/10/anca-leaders-consult-with-menendez-and-royce-on-syria-and-iraq/
10:53, 10 Oct 2014
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) recently held
consultations with the chairmen of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee on a broad range of
Armenian American policy priorities, including the welfare of Armenian
communities amid a worsening ISIS crisis, an increasingly strained
U.S.-Turkey relationship, and growing instability throughout the
greater Middle East.
In separate meetings with Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and
Representative Ed Royce (R-CA), ANCA leaders discussed the threat
posed by Turkey-backed ISIS aggression in Syria and Iraq, and the
welfare of Armenian and other at-risk minority communities in the
region, as part of the larger landscape of Armenian American concerns.
In each meeting, key points included efforts to end White House
complicity in Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide prior to the
centennial of this crime, U.S. legislation seeking Turkey's return of
Christian churches, the security of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, and
the further strengthening of U.S.-Armenia relations. These meetings
are part of the ANCA's ongoing engagement with policymakers in the
White House, State Department, and Congress on the full range of
Armenian American advocacy priorities.
"We thank both Chairman Menendez and Chairman Royce for sharing their
insights, for working with us to explore principled and pragmatic
solutions, and - most importantly - for exercising their thoughtful
and decisive leadership on issues of urgent concern to the Armenian
American community," said ANCA Board Member Raffi Hamparian, who
took part in both meetings. "With so many crucial challenges facing
the Armenian nation - and so much room for improvement in the Obama
Administration's deeply flawed policies on these issues - we place
special meaning on our relationships with friends in Congress, and
look forward to working in cooperation with legislators from both
parties and across our country to advance our shared interests and
common values.
In April of this year, Chairman Menendez led the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee's successful adoption of the Armenian Genocide
Resolution (S.Res. 410), the first such action by a Senate Committee
in more than two decades. On the House side, in June of this year,
Chairman Royce spearheaded the adoption in the Foreign Affairs
Committee of H.R.4347, the Turkey Christian Churches Accountability
Act, a bipartisan measure to help secure Turkey's surrender of stolen
Armenian and other Christian Church properties. Chairman Royce also
led an April 24, 2014, Congressional delegation to Armenia, where he
joined with House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Democrat Eliot
Engel (D-NY) and fellow Committee members David Cicilline (D-RI),
and Lois Frankel (D-FL) in marking the Armenian Genocide at the
Dzidzernagapert memorial.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/10/10/anca-leaders-consult-with-menendez-and-royce-on-syria-and-iraq/