PanARMENIAN.Net
U.S. State Department’s report on Armenia a response
to pressure of Armenian lobby?
17.03.2007 14:03 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The U.S. State Department’s 2006 report on Human
Rights for Armenia, most probably is Washington’s response to the
unprecedented pressure on U.S. administration and Congress exerted by
some Armenian lobby groups, that official Yerevan has a definite
influence on, Armenian expert Grigor Hovhannisyan said.
He stressed State Department’s 2006 report on Human Rights mentions
about it, pointing out that `Nagorno Karabakh is an occupied territory
within Azerbaijan’. According to G. Hovhannisyan, the Turkish-Azeri
lobby in joint efforts of U.S. Jewish organizations actively opposes
activities of the Armenian lobby in the issue to adopt the Armenian
Genocide Resolution by the U.S. Congress, `Kavkazki Uzel’ reports.