{"id":1521,"date":"2025-09-29T06:36:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T06:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/?p=1521"},"modified":"2025-10-24T06:47:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T06:47:59","slug":"the-u-s-is-committed-to-returning-artsakh-refugees-releasing-armenian-hostages-protecting-christian-holy-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/?p=1521","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. is Committed to Returning Artsakh Refugees, Releasing Armenian hostages, Protecting Christian Holy Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013<\/strong>&nbsp;In response to months of sustained Armenian Caucus pressure and relentless Armenian American advocacy, the Trump-Vance Administration, this past week \u2013 in an unprecedented move \u2013 announced that the United States is actively encouraging both Yerevan and Baku to ensure \u201cthe return of ethnic Armenians to Nagorno-Karabakh,\u201d reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The September 25, 2025 letter articulating this newly announced Trump-Vance policy \u2013 signed by Paul D. Guaglianone of the State Department\u2019s Bureau of Legislative Affairs \u2013 also explained that the United States is \u201cclosely monitoring the trials of detained ethnic Armenians in Azerbaijan, and \u2013 in a previously undisclosed move \u2013 confirmed that \u201cofficials at U.S. Embassy Baku attend legal proceedings whenever possible.\u201d Guaglianone closed by affirming that the State Department continues \u201cto call on the Azerbaijani government to protect Armenian heritage sites in Nagorno-Karabakh.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe welcome the commitments undertaken by the Trump-Vance Administration in its response to a bipartisan letter signed by 87 members of the Armenian Caucus, and are already working with our Congressional allies, coalition partners, and community activists to translate these commitments into concrete action,\u201d said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. \u201cOur hard-fought progress on each of these fronts \u2013 Artsakh refugees, Armenian hostages, and Christian churches \u2013 is a tribute to our collective resilience, our enduring resolve in the face of Yerevan\u2019s indifference and Azerbaijan\u2019s intense opposition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013&nbsp;In response to months of sustained Armenian Caucus pressure and relentless Armenian American advocacy, the Trump-Vance Administration, this past week \u2013 in an unprecedented move \u2013 announced that the United States is actively encouraging both Yerevan and Baku to ensure \u201cthe return of ethnic Armenians to Nagorno-Karabakh,\u201d reported the Armenian National Committee of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,12,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advocacy","category-english","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1524,"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521\/revisions\/1524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freearmenianhostages.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}