Left with nothing - mourning in Armenian organizations of the USA

The Armenian organizations of America, which have been profiting from the Armenian state budget for decades, are in mourning. Nikol Pashinyan's government decided to spend money on hiring a lobbying organization, instead of, as tradition indicates, transferring millions to the diaspora, which itself lobbied for Armenian interests in the United States.

According to Armenian media, the Armenian government, through its embassy in the United States, has signed a monthly contract with Washington-based Mercury Public Affairs in the amount of 50,000 US dollars per month. The contract became effective on April 1, 2025 and will last until March 31, 2026. The deal became known only after the contract was submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice last month, as required by the Law on Registration of Foreign Agents.

This is not the first experience of the current government in buying lobbying and PR services in the United States. A few years ago, Yerevan had already acquired the services of one company, but the contract was quickly terminated due to the unwillingness of the Armenian government to pay.

Whatever it was, Pashinyan chose a company that will promote the interests of Armenia, which Armenian organizations have always been engaged in.

Executive Director of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Aram Hamparyan is tearing up and screaming. On Mercury's LinkedIn page, he wrote: "In a city (Washington) with dozens of large lobbying firms, Mr. Pashinyan chose one with Turkish money in a bank account and Armenian blood on his hands." The latter is due to the fact that Mercury signed a contract with Turkiye in 2018, which it terminated in October 2020 due to Armenian tantrums over Ankara's support for Azerbaijan in the 44-day war.

The Diaspora is beside itself with rage. Two organizations have always been in charge of Armenia's affairs: the Armenian Assembly of America and ANCA. These two structures bought lobbyists, squeezed their people into government structures, and staged grandiose tantrums, forcing American politicians to change their minds on issues of interest to Armenians. And Pashinyan fundamentally ignores the diaspora. The Armenian Prime Minister has a bad relationship with spyurk. Including with the American Armenians. The fact is that the current Prime Minister of Armenia is somewhat different mentally from the traditional Armenian mass, he believes that the diaspora should not rule this country and dictate to Yerevan what to do. A reasonable approach. The Diaspora is, by and large, to blame for all of Armenia's ills, and there's no arguing with that. Armenia has not received anything from the stormy and expensive lobbying in world capitals, despite the huge funds that the diaspora spends.

According to Spyurk's organizations, which have been ignored, Pashinyan will now give instructions to Mercury that contradict the information that the diaspora transmits to American officials. As you can see, the diaspora in the United States is terribly worried that the lies and falsifications it promotes will be refuted by the actions of the company hired by Pashinyan.

The Armenian media lists the points for which Yerevan will pay the American company 50,000 dollars a month.

The firm should protect Armenia's interests in Congress and the White House, promote the development of comprehensive relations with Armenia, ensure that Yerevan has credibility in Wellington, and so on. In principle, all this has been promoted before.

I was particularly amused by the following point: to emphasize the geopolitical and strategic importance of Armenia and its role as the most important partner in the South Caucasus for the regional and global interests of the United States. Well, Pashinyan set the task for Mercury Public Affairs. This will probably be the most difficult task for the hired lobbyists. Hypothetically, it is possible to find understanding by denigrating Baku, or accusing Azerbaijan of incredible crimes that it did not commit. But how can we prove to Washington, and even under a businessman president, that Armenia is the most important and most needed partner of the United States in the South Caucasus?

Seriously, the days of lobbying are over. It is no accident that we have noticed that Armenia has gained nothing from decades of buying lobbyists and spending money on fakes. She didn't win anything, she just lost. She lost people, time, opportunities, prospects. The Armenians have always tried to follow in the footsteps of the Jews, but they did not understand the main thing - the Jews are not working against other countries, but for the prosperity of their own, Israeli state. The Armenians go out of their way to crush and trample Armenia's neighbors. The Diaspora has never thought about Armenia, as it has no roots in that country. Armenians are a diasporic people who are not rooted in the "ancestral homeland." He easily changes places, spreads to other countries, and he doesn't care about the "homeland of his ancestors." Ambaryan doesn't care that Armenia has never become a real state. With the money that spyurk unsuccessfully spent over the decades on the destruction of Turkiye and Azerbaijan, it was possible to turn Armenia into a normal, prosperous country. But the Diaspora has its own tasks, which do not coincide with the tasks of the citizens of the Republic of Armenia.