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December 18, 2020
U.S Ambassador Henry Morgenthau and current U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy who recently was assigned an “F” grade by the ANCA for her failed tenure at U.S. Embassy – Yerevan
BY VACHE THOMASSIAN
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
– Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Earlier this month, the Armenian National Committee of America assigned U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy an “F” grade for her failures on a broad array of fifteen metrics during her tenure at the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan.
Pan-Armenian Council of Western United States
There is no doubt that 2020 was a year of unprecedented losses and devastation for the Armenian People. While various Armenian communities in the Middle East faced severe security and socio-economic challenges, the Artsakh war and the invaluable loss of human lives and territory it caused, added a dark page to our history. Today, as the whole Armenian reality is in turmoil, one thing which is clear is that as a nation we will collectively make every effort to find ways to reorganize ourselves, lift our spirits, and to strive for a brighter future for Armenia and the Armenian nation.
ANCA, HALC, IDC Welcome Initial US Sanctions On Turkey
Ankara Threatens to ‘Retaliate’
Moscow Calls Sanctions ‘Illegitimate’
WASHINGTON The Trump Administration on Monday imposed sanctions on Turkey’s military procurement agency and its officers in response to Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400 missile systems.
The U.S. sanctions include a ban on all U.S. export licenses and loans to Turkey’s defense procurement agency, Republic of Turkey’s Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB). They also freeze the assets and restrict visas of the organization’s president and three other senior officials. and an asset freeze on its president, Ismail Demir, among other government officials.
ANCA Action Alert after Azeri forces attack Hadrut
Urges immediate block on U.S. security aid to Azerbaijan; $250 million in emergency aid to Artsakh
WASHINGTON The Armenian National Committee of America renewed calls for zeroing out military aid to Azerbaijan and sending $250 million in U.S. assistance to Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) in the aftermath of Azerbaijan’s latest attack on Artsakh – it’s first major ceasefire violation following the disastrous Russia-brokered November 9th agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
On December 11, Azerbaijani forces attacked Artsakh’s southern Hadrut villages of Hin Tagher and Khtsabert, injuring three Armenian soldiers and raising questions about the future status and security of these Armenian villages and the nearby 4th-century Katarovank Monastery. An Armenian civilian was also reportedly captured by Azerbaijani forces.