GORIS, ARMENIA: SBS World News has presented a three-minute segment on Nagorno Karabakh's refugee crisis, which also featured the current Australian Parliamentary Delegation visiting the Republic of Armenia.
The segment included an interview with Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Executive Director, Michael Kolokossian, whose office is facilitating the Australian
Parliamentary Delegation to the Republic of Armenia, led by Co-Chairs of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Armenia, Hugh McDermott MP and Tim James MP.
Respected newsreader and journalist Virginia Langeberg anchored the segment, which covered Azerbaijan's nine month genocidal blockade of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh to Armenians), as well as the petro-dictatorship's military assault against the region's indigenous Armenians and the explosion of a gas station in Stepanakert, all of which is exasperating the already dire critical situation on the ground.
Seven Australian parliamentarians from the New South Wales and Victorian Parliaments are participating in the third Australian Parliamentary Delegation to Armenia, led by the Co-Chairs of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Armenia, Hugh McDermott MP and Tim James MP. They are joined by NSW State parliamentary colleagues Mark Coure MP - NSW Member for Oatley, Matt Cross MP - Member for Davidson, Susan Carter MLC - Member of the Legislative Council, as well as two sitting Victorian State MPs, including Kim Wells MP - Victorian Member for Rowville and Ann-Marie Hermans MP - Member of the Victorian Legislative Council, as well as former federal parliamentarian, Tim Wilson - Former Federal Member for Goldstein and Australian Human Rights Commissioner, who is of Armenian origin.
The delegation also includes Australian business leaders and members of the ANC-AU National Board and Office.
