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ANCA expands focus on foreign aid to Armenia, Artsakh
August 21, 2012 - 12:41 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian National Committee of America's (ANCA),
in its Capitol Hill advocacy and grassroots activism, has expanded the
Armenian American community's traditional foreign aid focus of
increasing aid to Armenia and Artsakh and cutting it for Turkey and
Azerbaijan, by supporting appropriations language targeting American
financial support for the at-risk Armenian community of Syria and the
vulnerable Armenian-populated Javkahkh region of Georgia.
An ANCA Action Alert, posted on www.anca.org, calls on U.S.
legislators to support provisions in the U.S. House version of the
Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13) foreign aid bill, when the two houses of
Congress reconcile their two versions of this appropriations measure.
The House version:
- Increases developmental and humanitarian aid to Nagorno Karabakh
from $2 million to $5 million.
- Calls upon the State Department to continue support of humanitarian
and resettlement assistance for minority communities, including
Armenians and other Christian populations in Syria and elsewhere in
the Middle East.
- Maintains economic aid to Armenia at the FY12 level of $40 million
(despite President's Obama's efforts to reduce this figure to $32.5
million).
- Directs the Obama Administration to report on the impact of FY05 -
FY12 aid to Samstskhe-Javakheti and its strategy for future
development of this region.
- Maintains military aid parity between Armenia and Azerbaijan at $2.7
million for Foreign Military Financing and $600,000 in International
Military Education and Training.
The ANCA's outreach to Congressional offices has included the
distribution of charts illustrating the sharp rise in Baku's military
spending and a parallel increase in Azerbaijani cross-border
incursions into both Armenia and Artsakh.
August 21, 2012 - 12:41 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian National Committee of America's (ANCA),
in its Capitol Hill advocacy and grassroots activism, has expanded the
Armenian American community's traditional foreign aid focus of
increasing aid to Armenia and Artsakh and cutting it for Turkey and
Azerbaijan, by supporting appropriations language targeting American
financial support for the at-risk Armenian community of Syria and the
vulnerable Armenian-populated Javkahkh region of Georgia.
An ANCA Action Alert, posted on www.anca.org, calls on U.S.
legislators to support provisions in the U.S. House version of the
Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13) foreign aid bill, when the two houses of
Congress reconcile their two versions of this appropriations measure.
The House version:
- Increases developmental and humanitarian aid to Nagorno Karabakh
from $2 million to $5 million.
- Calls upon the State Department to continue support of humanitarian
and resettlement assistance for minority communities, including
Armenians and other Christian populations in Syria and elsewhere in
the Middle East.
- Maintains economic aid to Armenia at the FY12 level of $40 million
(despite President's Obama's efforts to reduce this figure to $32.5
million).
- Directs the Obama Administration to report on the impact of FY05 -
FY12 aid to Samstskhe-Javakheti and its strategy for future
development of this region.
- Maintains military aid parity between Armenia and Azerbaijan at $2.7
million for Foreign Military Financing and $600,000 in International
Military Education and Training.
The ANCA's outreach to Congressional offices has included the
distribution of charts illustrating the sharp rise in Baku's military
spending and a parallel increase in Azerbaijani cross-border
incursions into both Armenia and Artsakh.