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    Today, Azerbaijan
    March 26 2011


    US Senator Kent Conrad: I will keep Azerbaijani Diaspora's support for
    reducing aid to Nagorno-Karabakh in mind as the appropriations process
    continues in FY2011

    26 March 2011 [14:39] - Today.Az



    US Senator Kent Conrad wrote a letter to Azerbaijani Diaspora members
    in the US concerning the FY2011 and US assistance to different
    regions.

    "On February 19, 2011, the House of Representatives passed the
    Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011 (H.R. 1), which would
    fund the government through the end of FY 2011", he reminded.

    Conard pledged to Azerbaijani Diaspora that he will keep in mind their
    concerns over Nagorno-Karabakh financing. He reminded that the US has
    spent over 36 million dollars on humanitarian projects for the region
    since 1998, with the 2010 assistance containing of 8 million.

    In 2011 the assistance "legislation cuts funding for assistance to
    Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia, which includes assistance to
    Nagorno-Karabakh, by nearly $45 million from current levels", he said.

    However, this bill did not pass the Senate yet. Therefore the senator
    wrote to Diaspora saying he "will keep your support for reducing aid
    to Nagorno-Karabakh in mind as the appropriations process continues".


    /APA/


    URL: http://www.today.az/news/vdiaspora/83179.html




    From: A. Papazian
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