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Topic This Week: The War in
Artsakh
In Retrospect: Tracing our
Steps Back to Sep 27
Call from
Extra-Parliamentary Opposition for a War Council
Hello, and welcome to the
Armenian News Network, Groong, Week
in Review.
This Week
we’re going to continue to talk about the ongoing war in Artsakh. We’re going
to consider the following major aspects:
●
In retrospect: tracing our steps back to
September 27.
●
Call from the extra parliamentary opposition to
establish a War Council.
●
Mobilization of the Armenian Diaspora.
To talk about these issues, we have with us:
Asbed Kotchikian,
who is a senior lecturer of political science and international relations at
Bentley University in Massachusetts.
And
Emil Sanamyan,
a senior research fellow at USC’s Institute of Armenian Studies specializing in
politics in the Caucasus, with a special focus on Azerbaijan.
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Today we’re exploring where the diplomacy stood
On Sep. 27, - essentially from the Turkish/Azeri threats of war, for the 2
months since July, - and then why it took a long time for anyone in the
international arena to react and even recognize that there was a real war in
progress; and finally how the world reacted and what it means, and where we're
headed.
On Friday, 13 extra-parliamentary political
parties in Armenia called on the government to create a coordinating and
executive council which includes former presidents, FMs and DM with the
authority to make executive decisions regarding the military/political developments
and to strategize a common action.
The Armenian diaspora has been mobilized since
the first day of the war and worldwide Armenian communities have been engaged
in fundraising, gathering medical and humanitarian assistance as well as
organizing protests in major cities around the world. The communities have also
activated in urging their governments to #RecognizeArtsakh. How important has
this been in the overall war effort?
That concludes our program for
This week’s Groong Week in Review.
We hope it has helped your understanding of some of the issues from the
previous week. We look forward to your feedback, and even your suggestions for
issues to cover in greater depth. Contact us on our website, at groong.org,
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Special thanks to Laura
Osborn for providing the music for our podcast. I’m Hovik Manucharyan, and on
behalf of everyone in this episode, I wish you a good week. Thank you for
listening and talk to you next week.
Armenia, Artsakh, Nagorno Karabakh Negotiations, Lavrov Plan, Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan