Clinton spends July 4th in Armenia

While Americans where celebrating Independence Day yesterday, Secretary Clinton was doing important diplomacy in Armenia, as seen above with President Serzh Sargsyan. There, she worked on efforts to help bring about a peaceful resolution to Armenia and Azerbaijan’s long-running conflict over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.  (You can read more about the conflict in FP‘s recent ...

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While Americans where celebrating Independence Day yesterday, Secretary Clinton was doing important diplomacy in Armenia, as seen above with President Serzh Sargsyan. There, she worked on efforts to help bring about a peaceful resolution to Armenia and Azerbaijan's long-running conflict over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.  (You can read more about the conflict in FP's recent article, "Caucasian Standoff.")

While Americans where celebrating Independence Day yesterday, Secretary Clinton was doing important diplomacy in Armenia, as seen above with President Serzh Sargsyan. There, she worked on efforts to help bring about a peaceful resolution to Armenia and Azerbaijan’s long-running conflict over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.  (You can read more about the conflict in FP‘s recent article, "Caucasian Standoff.")

Preeti Aroon was copy chief at Foreign Policy from 2009 to 2016 and was an FP assistant editor from 2007 to 2009. Twitter: @pjaroonFP

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