#LIVE. VOICE OF ARMENIA: STOP THE HYPOCRISY AND TO STAND FOR DEMOCRACY
“Welcome, dear followers. This is the “Review” program on 168 TV. I am Aram Sarkisyan, and Dr. John Eibner, President of Christian Solidarity International (CSI) human rights organization, is our guest today. He joined us from Switzerland.”
The inaugural Armenia–European Union Summit will be held in Armenia, on 4-5 May, 2026. In the lead-up to the Summit, officials of the European Union, heads of different countries, and representatives of the international media are expected to arrive in Armenia.
Shame on Pres. Donald Trump for doubling down on his repeated refusals to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide. This is what happens when a man with no moral values or principles — a convicted felon (34 counts), in addition to being found liable for sexual assault — is elected President of the United States.
Six Armenian political parties affiliated with European political families have jointly addressed a letter to the leadership of the European Union, participants of the upcoming European Political Community (EPC) Summit in Yerevan, and the heads of their respective political families. In the letter, the parties raise concerns over the anti-democratic developments in Armenia, as well as the problems of our compatriots held in Azerbaijan and the Armenians of Artsakh.
I address you not as a politician, but as an Armenian, as a person whose life and faith are inseparably bound to this land and water, to this country. Our political party has already announced its decision not to participate in the upcoming elections. This is not merely a political position, but a collective, well-considered, and well-reasoned decision — a historic decision.
I am writing to you from detention, in connection with circumstances that, in my view, call for the active and sustained engagement of the institution you lead.
The concept of Armenia’s external security set out in the ruling party’s electoral program for the upcoming elections is built around a distinct logic and possesses a certain internal normative coherence. It rests on a combination of international legitimacy, economic interconnectedness, predictability, a peace agenda, and defense reforms. Yet it is precisely the predominantly doctrinal nature of this construction that constitutes its main vulnerability.
Exactly 10 years ago, these very days, there was a war that lasted only 4 days and has remained in all our memories as the Four-Day War. It ended on April 5 at 12:00, after the enemy had been forced the previous day to ask for a ceasefire. On April 4, in the presence of the Ambassadors of the OSCE participating states invited to the office of the President of the Republic of Armenia, I had already stated that if the military operations continued and assumed a large-scale character, the Republic of Armenia would recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh.
