In a full-page ad in The New York Times, 23 Diaspora personalities from around the world appealed to their compatriots to make “a long-term commitment toward collectively advancing” Armenia.
Countries in the Caucasus, that sensitive borderland between East and West, are wondering what to expect from Donald Trump, the United States’ choice for president.
In the Armenian capital of Yerevan, where a group of anti-government gunmen took over a police station last Sunday, more sympathy seems to be with the hostage-takers themselves.
One of the members of the Founding Parliament movement that stormed the police building in Yerevan’s southern Erebuni district said the “rebellion” is also aimed at forcing President Serzh Sarkisian to step down.