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CONGRESSMAN SHERMAN EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE TO JAVAKH, COMMEMORATES SUMGAIT ANNIVERSARY
armradio.am
01.03.2012 12:23
During the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the
Administration's Budget for Fiscal Year 2013, Congressman Brad Sherman
(D-CA) expressed support for U.S. assistance to the Javakh region of
Georgia, reported the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly).
Congressman Sherman, noting the generous U.S. aid provided to
Georgia, requested that the Armenian community residing in the Javakh
region of Georgia benefit from such assistance targeted to that
area. Sherman relayed his understanding through the Georgian Embassy
that the Georgian government is supportive of assisting Javakh and
stressed that these efforts would help achieve U.S. strategic goals
in the Caucasus. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was
testifying before the Committee, indicated that she will respond to
the Congressman in writing.
Sherman told the Assembly that he also plans to ask the Secretary
additional questions for the record, including U.S. assistance to
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, as well as Turkey's ongoing blockade
of Armenia.
Also Congressman Sherman commemorated the 24th anniversary of the
1988 Sumgait pogrom, in which innocent Armenians were targeted in
Azerbaijan. In his House floor statement, Sherman stated: "We will
not forget the ethnic-cleansing of the Armenians from Azerbaijan...We
must urge Azerbaijan to cease all threats and acts of coercion against
the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh."
armradio.am
01.03.2012 12:23
During the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the
Administration's Budget for Fiscal Year 2013, Congressman Brad Sherman
(D-CA) expressed support for U.S. assistance to the Javakh region of
Georgia, reported the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly).
Congressman Sherman, noting the generous U.S. aid provided to
Georgia, requested that the Armenian community residing in the Javakh
region of Georgia benefit from such assistance targeted to that
area. Sherman relayed his understanding through the Georgian Embassy
that the Georgian government is supportive of assisting Javakh and
stressed that these efforts would help achieve U.S. strategic goals
in the Caucasus. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was
testifying before the Committee, indicated that she will respond to
the Congressman in writing.
Sherman told the Assembly that he also plans to ask the Secretary
additional questions for the record, including U.S. assistance to
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, as well as Turkey's ongoing blockade
of Armenia.
Also Congressman Sherman commemorated the 24th anniversary of the
1988 Sumgait pogrom, in which innocent Armenians were targeted in
Azerbaijan. In his House floor statement, Sherman stated: "We will
not forget the ethnic-cleansing of the Armenians from Azerbaijan...We
must urge Azerbaijan to cease all threats and acts of coercion against
the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh."