Dr Armen Sarkissian, the President of Armenia from 2018 to 2022, visited Gladstone’s Library on May 22 2023 to mark the Library’s Founder’s Day celebrations

by vahgulak | May 22, 2023 | AS ARTICLES, ATOM Articles and Publications

THE FORMER President of Armenia visited a Flintshire library to pay respects to its founder, William Gladstone.   Dr Sarkissian and his delegation was hosted by the library team, led by Warden Andrea Russell, and Trustees of the library, including Patrick Derham,...

The Humanitarian Crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh Is a Textbook Example of Ethnic Cleansing

by vahgulak | Jan 12, 2023 | AS ARTICLES, ATOM Articles and Publications

For the past five weeks, the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, sandwiched between Azerbaijan and Armenia, has been blockaded by Azerbaijan. As much of the world celebrated Christmas and New Year, over 120,000 Armenian residents of the region—the oldest continuously...

An energy crisis, fear of nuclear power, public discontent – 90s Armenia has lessons for the UK

by vahgulak | Nov 11, 2022 | AS ARTICLES, ATOM Articles and Publications

The post-Soviet country found a way through its cataclysmic crises. Rishi Sunak surely can find solutions to Britain’s milder problems ARMEN SARKISSIAN4TH PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA I can relate to Rishi Sunak. Britain’s new Prime Minister has inherited a state of...

The Small States Club

by vahgulak | Oct 20, 2022 | AS ARTICLES, ATOM Articles and Publications

How Small Smart Powers Can Save the World – Armen Sarkissian Selected as one of the Diplomatic Courier’s ’15 Books to Look Forward to in 2023′. A gracefully written reflection on how small states can pack a punch that belies their size. In this book, Armen...

It’s long past time for Britain to recognise the Armenian genocide

by avsadmin | Apr 22, 2022 | AS ARTICLES, ATOM Articles and Publications

The British periodical The Times presented the viewpoint of the 4th President of the Republic of Armenia Armen Sarkissian on the occasion of April 24, the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, under the headline Red Box. Speaking about the lessons of the Armenian...

Towards the “Fourth Republic”

by avsadmin | Jan 11, 2021 | AS ARTICLES, ATOM Articles and Publications

Armen SarkissianPresident of the Republic of Armenia  On the Inevitability of Building a Substantive State  The opportunity of restoring the Armenian statehood was the dream of our people for the last few centuries. It stemmed not only from the need for having a...