The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed an amendment by Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) which calls for greater Congressional oversight over a U.S. military aid program under which Azerbaijan has received over $120 million in U.S. defense assistance, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
Armenian defense minister Davit Tonoyan got in touch with Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Defense minister’s spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said on Facebook.
The entrance of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Paris, France, has been colored with the notes “No to War”, “Stop Aliyev”, Zartonk Media reports.
US Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone and Senator Edward J. Markey expressed their support for Armenia and the Armenian people, condemning the recent provocative actions taken by Azerbaijan along the Armenia border.
Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, commented on the fighting along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, presenting the concern of the UN Secretary-General over the incident.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany referred to the vandalism on the Armenian Genocide Memorial during her daily press briefing on July 6, Armenpress reports citing the White House.
The saying “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel” gained new flesh and blood in late July 2016 in Armenia, when a group of terrorist assassins seized the Police Patrol Service Regiment building, killed police officers, held hostages, including doctors who came to provide medical assistance, robbed an ATM, and suddenly decided to recite patriotic-anti-Russian texts when surrendering to the authorities.
A new strain of flu that has the potential to become a pandemic has been identified in China by scientists.
French-Armenian Jeanne Barseghian, representing France’s Green party, has been elected Mayor of Strasbourg.
Vice-President of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan, speaking of an initiative of the opposition factions, more particularly the “Prosperous Armenia”, to apply to the Constitutional Court with respect to the legality of the decision relating to the organization of peaceful assemblies during the state of emergency, told that “Prosperous Armenia”, at every occasion relating to the debate over the Constitutional Court, has expressed its agreement with the idea that there is indeed an issue with that Court.
