ArmInfo.Armenia has hired former Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kansas) and the Alston & Bird law firm to help the country prepare for bilateral talks to be held in Washington next month, the website www.foreignlobby.com informs.
According to the source, the contract, dated Sept. 15, is worth $10,000 and lasts one month. It was signed by Dole, a longtime friend of Armenia who is now a special counsel at Alston & Bird, and Armenian Ambassador to the United States Varuzhan Nersesyan. The former senator himself noted that he intends to help Armenia in its efforts to strengthen the strategic partnership with the United States in advance of the planned diplomatic negotiations in October 2020.
The source informs, that Azerbaijan has also been beefing up its lobbying presence after this summer's violence. Former Rep. Bob Livingston (R-La.) and his Livingston Group informed the Justice Department in late July that they were in the process of negotiating a contract with Azerbaijan's government.