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US invites Armenia to Summit for Democracy, but not Azerbaijan and Turkey

The White House announced recently that it has invited over 100 countries to a virtual “Summit for Democracy” on Dec. 9-10. On the guest list are Armenia and Georgia, but not Azerbaijan and Turkey which are dictatorships. Interestingly, the latter two countries did not complain about their absence from the Summit until they found out that Armenia was invited. In a statement, the White House announced that “the challenge of our time is to demonstrate that democracies can deliver by im

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Harut Sassounian

Harut Sassounian is the publisher of The California Courier, a weekly newspaper based in Glendale, Calif. He is the president of the Armenia Artsakh Fund, a non-profit organization that has donated to Armenia and Artsakh one billion dollars of humanitarian aid, mostly medicines, since 1989 (including its predecessor, the United Armenian Fund). He has been decorated by the presidents of Armenia and Artsakh and the heads of the Armenian Apostolic and Catholic churches. He is also the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

4 Comments

  1. When will Armenians wake up from their silly fantasies? At a fundamental level, it’s this thing called “democracy” that got us to where we are today. Turks and Azeris are much smarter than that…

  2. Sovereignty comes first. Without Sovereignty and secure borders nationhood is meaningless. Look toward South for Support.

    1. Al, unfortunately during the last war, the South “morally” have supported fake corrupt Azerbaijani dictator, while Israeli drones and missiles and NATO’s #2 army with Bayraktars and F16, and Jihadists, pounded Armenian soldiers and Artsakh population. Lack of an Armenian air defense system conducted and controlled by Putin’s forces, the dictator of fake Azerbaijan took 75% of Artsakh Armenian land.

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