
A statement calling for the ‘return of the territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabagh to Azerbaijani control,’ is troubling. (Photo: ANCA)
BY RUPEN JANBAZIAN
In a recent exclusive interview with RFE/RL Armenian service’s Sargis Harutyunyan, Co-Chairman of Armenian Assembly of America Anthony Barsamian spoke about United States-Armenian relations under President-elect Trump’s administration.
During the interview, Harutyunyan asks Barsamian if the U.S. will lose interest in the mediation process of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) conflict because of a more isolated foreign policy under a Trump administration, to which Barsamian answers that he believes the opposite is true.
In his answer, Barsamian brings up the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) latest statement, which he calls “excellent.â€