BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 12. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has recently been making efforts to adapt Armenia to the new geopolitical realities in the South Caucasus.
Despite expressing hope for a peace treaty with Azerbaijan, Pashinyan's decision to reject a meeting with Azerbaijani representatives at the European Political Community meeting in London on July 18, 2024, appears illogical. This move suggests that Pashinyan is being influenced by foreign forces and various institutional organizations, including the Armenian Diaspora.
The Armenian Diaspora, which often has differing views from the Armenian government, exerts influence on international issues. In Western countries, diaspora groups in the US, France, and Canada, among others, are vocal and actively participate in the activities of international NGOs.
Freedom House, a prominent US-based NGO known for its biased reports, is staffed by ethnic Armenians linked to the Armenian Diaspora. US politicians, seeking to gain support from ethnic Armenians, often back such organizations and their reports, including those related to "genocide."
Representatives active in the Freedom House organization
The biased reporting by Freedom House is partly attributed to the fact that the husband of Annie Wilcox Boyajian, who currently holds a significant position within the organization, is of Armenian origin. This connection is believed to influence the organization’s reports. Every page of Freedom House's report on the absence of Armenians in Karabakh lists the names of the "sponsors".
Freedom House report on the Armenian population in Karabakh, including a mention of the NGO Democracy Development Foundation.