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.
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Sassounian: Protocols to be Signed and Ratified with Possible Reservations

The president of Armenia spent just 24 hours in Los Angeles on Oct. 4, following brief visits to Paris and…

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Sassounian: Thousands Rally Against Protocols, Protesters Await Sarkisian in LA

Up to 10,000 protesters held a public rally on Sept. 27 in Glendale against the Armenian government’s plans to sign…

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Sassounian: 10 Major Concerns Regarding Armenia-Turkey Protocols

In earlier columns, I had described the major negative aspects of the already initialed Armenia-Turkey protocols made public on Aug.…

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Sassounian: Turkey and Azerbaijan Try to Undermine Appointment of Canadian-Armenian Judge

Turks and Azerbaijanis, probably at the instigation of their governments, have attempted to undermine the recent appointment of Canadian-Armenian Aris…

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Sassounian: Azerbaijan, Turkey Inadvertently Protect Armenia’s National Interests

After reviewing hundreds of articles in regional and international media outlets and scores of statements by various officials regarding the…

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Sassounian: Who Will Blink First, Armenia or Turkey?

After months of rampant rumors and news leaks, the Foreign Ministries of Armenia and Turkey, with Switzerland as mediator, issued…

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Sassounian: Armenian American Lawyers and Leaders Should Counter Ruling of Appeals Court

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an outrageous judicial opinion last week, ruling that the California law that…

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Sassounian: Bryza’s Plans for Artsakh: Formula for Disaster for Armenians

Matthew Bryza, the U.S. mediator for Artsakh (Karabagh), discussed in great detail for the first time the critical issues dealing…

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Sassounian: Revealing Genocide Documents Found in Ottoman Archives

It is a known fact that numerous documents on the Armenian Genocide were either destroyed or hidden away by the…

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Sassounian: Are Armenia’s Policies Making Turkey Stronger?

The Armenian Foreign Ministry, in all likelihood, has a comprehensive strategic plan regarding Armenia’s relations with its immediate neighbors (Azerbaijan,…

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