09/13/22 - Sen. Van Hollen posted the following to Facebook: "Azerbaijan which has acknowledged its strikes must immediately halt these attacks against Armenia and the U.S. must hold it accountable. This conflict cannot be resolved by violence."
View the Facebook post here. 09/13/22 - Sen. Van Hollen tweeted "Azerbaijan which has acknowledged its strikes must immediately halt these attacks against Armenia and the U.S. must hold it accountable. This conflict cannot be resolved by violence."
View the tweet here. 06/30/22 - Sen. Van Hollen posted the following to Facebook: "Let's be clear: Erdogan extorting Sweden and Finland in connection with their quest to join NATO is reprehensible. It debases what the NATO Alliance stands for. The only beneficiary of this extortion, other than Erdogan, is Putin."
View the Facebook post here. 06/30/22 - Sen. Van Hollen tweeted "Let's be clear: Erdogan extorting Sweden and Finland in connection with their quest to join NATO is reprehensible. It debases what the NATO Alliance stands for. The only beneficiary of this extortion, other than Erdogan, is Putin."
View the tweet here. 04/25/22 - Sen. Van Hollen tweeted "This decision is an outrage. Erdogan wants new US aircraft, but is unwilling to give up his Russian S-400 system, stop aggression against US Syrian Kurdish allies or end attacks & imprisonment of journalists, civil society & opposition politicians. Not a faithful NATO ally."
View the tweet here. 07/16/21 - Sen. Van Hollen tweeted "Pleased to meet with People's Democratic Party MP @hisyarozsoy to discuss the situation in Turkey. Erdogan's increasing authoritarianism, brutal censorship of dissent & recent efforts to ban Turkey's 3rd largest political party are major concerns in our bilateral relationship."
View the tweet here. 04/24/21 - Sen. Van Hollen posted the following to Facebook: "Each year, on April 24th, we mark Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. I'm glad that Congress passed a resolution last year recognizing this atrocity for the genocide it was. Now, President Biden is speaking the truth as well. The world must never turn its back on the over 1.5 million Armenians who were brutally murdered by the Ottoman Empire."
View the Facebook post here. 04/24/21 - Sen. Van Hollen tweeted "Each year, on April 24th, we mark Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. The truth must always prevail and the world must never forget the over 1.5 million Armenians who were brutally murdered by the Ottoman Empire. We must learn from history, not turn away from it."
View the tweet here. 04/22/21 - Sen. Van Hollen tweeted "For more than three decades, no U.S. President has recognized the Armenian genocide. This news sends a critical message that our commitment to historical reality will no longer be silenced by political convenience. Thank you @POTUS for your willingness to stand up for the truth.|Bidens bold move to recognize the Armenian genocide https://wapo.st/3ax7Ood"
View the tweet here. 02/11/21 - Sen. Van Hollen tweeted "Welcome @StateDepts call for the release of imprisoned Turkish civil society leader Osman Kavala. Trump should have done this long ago. We also shouldnt forget the thousands of Turkish citizens unjustly imprisonedincluding former Presidential candidate, Selahattin #Demirtas.|U.S. calls on Turkey to immediately release jailed philanthropist Osman Kavala http://reut.rs/3p7570L"
View the tweet here. 02/11/21 - Sen. Van Hollen tweeted "#Demirtas, the leader of Turkeys third largest political party, has been in jail for over four years. Turkey has continued to ignore the European Court of Human Rights' rulings that both his and Kavalas detentions were unlawful."
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