“THE AAU LEADER IS PERSONA NON GRATA FOR THE US AUTHORITIES”

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Armen Avetisyan, head of AAU was denied entry to the USA in the US Embassy on June 22. Armen Avetisyan (and a member of AAU Youth and Students’ Organization Council) got a 15-day invitation from “Armenian Ethnic Organization” in order to meet with the Armenian community and deliver lectures on national ideology and history.

The invitation of 2005 on the same purpose was approved and the AAU leader stayed in America for a month. Armen Avetisyan participated in 20 TV programs, held two meetings with the Armenian community and had separate meetings with organizations and individuals during his visit.

According to our data, AAU expressed its doubt in connection with the denial as the questions put forward by the Embassy were apparent last year as well when Armen Avetisyan was conditionally released from the courtroom.

The AAU statement says, “The US authorities who constantly speak of speech freedom and consider their country a free one are concerned with the following issues; why Armen Avetisyan was condemned and when will his term expire, what is the opinion of the AAU leader about the Jews, why the complete list of the homosexual officials hasn’t been made public yet, what was the aim of Armen Avetisyan’s visit to Iran and what is the aim of his visit to the USA now, why the USA leader met only with the representatives of the Armenian community and whether his audience was large.”

“We express our complaint on the USA government denial and demand them to motivate their absurd explanation which is as follows, “We don’t want you to say in the USA whatever you say in your country…”

“We are convinced that this denial has political grounds and is incoherent of the country which considers itself a superpower,” concludes the AAU Council.