Political analyst Suren Sargsyan has revealed details of Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan's visit to the United States, saying he has been half an hour late for a meeting with Senator Bob Menendez.
“While in Washington, D.C., Ararat Mirzoyan was about 30 minutes late for a meeting with U.S. Senator Menendez,” he wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.
Republican Senator Jim Risch, who was also supposed to take part in the meeting, was “outraged” and wanted to leave after waiting for 20 minutes, but was persuaded to wait a little longer.
The senators were annoyed not only at the minister’s tardiness, but also about the fact that no reasonable explanations were provided over it, Sargsyan said.
“Even Biden does not make an official like Menendez, who is also a good friend of Armenia, wait. I won’t be surprised if Bob Menendez, Chairman the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, does not want to communicate with Armenian delegations from now on,” he said.
“Incidentally, this is not the first scandal concerning Menendez. In 2020, then MP Makunts requested an urgent meeting with Menendez, but as the community press later reported, the only purpose of the meeting was to have a photo together,” the analyst added.