US allocates $8 mln to Nagorno Karabakh separatists
10:33 / 11.12.2009 The U.S. House and Senate agreed upon a far-reaching Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10) spending measure that includes a $41 million USD economic aid package for Armenia, $8 million USD for "programs and activities" in Nagorno Karabakh. The House measure, overseen by the State-Foreign Operations Subcommittee Chair Nita Lowey (D- NY), included a $48 million USD allocation for Armenia, $10 million USD for Nagorno Karabakh. The Senate version, presided over by the State–Foreign Operations Subcommittee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT), set aside just $30 million USD for Armenia, the figure proposed in President Obama’s budget, and did not include any figures for aid to Nagorno Karabakh.
"We want to thank all our friends, among them Chair Lowey, Adam Schiff, Mark Kirk, Steve Rothman, Jesse Jackson, Steve Israel, and Frank Lobiondo, for restoring $11 million USD of the $18 million USD reduction in aid to Armenia proposed by the Obama-Biden Administration, and also for setting, for the first time, unrestricted aid to Nagorno-Karabagh at $8 million USD," said Aram Hamparian, Executive Director of the ANCA.
Note that Nagorno Karabakh is the occupied region of Azerbaijan. Today, there exists a separatist regime declaring itself as an independent state.Bu yazı ( 324 ) - dəfə oxunmuşdur
