{"id":23865,"date":"2025-07-14T07:06:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T07:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=23865"},"modified":"2025-07-14T07:06:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T07:06:43","slug":"delegation-builds-u-s-support-for-switzerlands-platform-for-talks-toward-the-collected-protected-return-of-armenians-to-nagorno-karabakh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=23865","title":{"rendered":"Delegation Builds U.S. Support for Switzerland\u2019s Platform for Talks toward the Collected, Protected Return of Armenians to Nagorno-Karabakh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Members of the Swiss Peace Initiative for Nagorno Kharabakh \u2013 Erich Vontobel (Federal Democratic Union) and Lukas Reimann (Swiss People\u2019s Party ) \u2013 alongside Dr. John Eibner of Christian Solidarity International (CSI) and former Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, held a second full day of Washington, DC meetings, on July 9th, with Vice President Vance\u2019s national security team, the office of the Speaker of the U.S. House, and key Senate offices, to discuss international efforts to realize the right of return for the ethnically-cleansed Armenians of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These meetings followed a full day meeting with U.S. House offices, culminating in a standing-room-only Capitol Hill briefing for over 200 Congressional offices and dozens of policymakers and foreign policy stakeholders. The visiting delegation held high-level meetings at the U.S. Department of State and was received by Switzerland\u2019s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Ralf Heckner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Parliament of Nagorno-Karabakh has commissioned former Minister Oskanian to serve as coordinator of the Committee for the Defense of the Fundamental Rights of the People of Nagorno-Karabakh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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