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BAKU DISMISSES ARMENIAN DISTORTION OF US CONGRESSIONAL PANEL'S DECISION
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
July 29 2013
29 July 2013, 14:20 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
A decision made by the US congressional subcommittee on foreign
appropriations was incorrectly interpreted by Armenia, Azerbaijani
Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev told media on July 26.
Abdullayev was commenting on the subcommittee's decision on the
allocation of assistance to the victims of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, rather than the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Ministry spokesman said Armenian media were distorting the
information about the subcommittee's allocating financial aid to
address the humanitarian needs of the conflict victims.
The U.S. House of Representatives' subcommittee, in charge of working
out the project on foreign aid in the fiscal year 2014, gave priority
to rendering humanitarian assistance to the population of the countries
affected by the conflict in Syria. Specific amount for rendering aid to
the Caucasus countries was not cited for the first time in two decades.
The subcommittee's decision envisages rendering humanitarian assistance
to the victims of the conflict, i.e. the Azerbaijani population of
Nagorno-Karabakh, Abdullayev said.
The subcommittee rejected the demands of pro-Armenian congressmen to
allocate $5 million worth of aid to Nagorno-Karabakh in 2014.
Moreover, members of the subcommittee rejected the proposal
of pro-Armenian congressmen that the Armenian community of
Nagorno-Karabakh participate in the negotiations on the conflict
settlement, Abdullayev said.
The congressional subcommittee also declined the proposal to toughen
the anti-Azerbaijan Section 907 to the Freedom Support Act.
Section 907 was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1992. This law bans
direct aid to the Azerbaijan government.
In October 24, 2001, the Senate gave the U.S. President the ability
to waive Section 907. That waiver has been exercised every year
since 2002.
Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus
neighbor that caused a brutal war in the early 1990s. Long-standing
efforts by US, Russian and French mediators have been largely fruitless
so far.
As a result of the Armenian occupation, in Nagorno-Karabakh, adjacent
regions and the regions bordering on Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh
over a million Azerbaijanis were deprived of their places of residence
and turned into refugees and IDPs.
The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/57444.html
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
July 29 2013
29 July 2013, 14:20 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
A decision made by the US congressional subcommittee on foreign
appropriations was incorrectly interpreted by Armenia, Azerbaijani
Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev told media on July 26.
Abdullayev was commenting on the subcommittee's decision on the
allocation of assistance to the victims of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, rather than the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Ministry spokesman said Armenian media were distorting the
information about the subcommittee's allocating financial aid to
address the humanitarian needs of the conflict victims.
The U.S. House of Representatives' subcommittee, in charge of working
out the project on foreign aid in the fiscal year 2014, gave priority
to rendering humanitarian assistance to the population of the countries
affected by the conflict in Syria. Specific amount for rendering aid to
the Caucasus countries was not cited for the first time in two decades.
The subcommittee's decision envisages rendering humanitarian assistance
to the victims of the conflict, i.e. the Azerbaijani population of
Nagorno-Karabakh, Abdullayev said.
The subcommittee rejected the demands of pro-Armenian congressmen to
allocate $5 million worth of aid to Nagorno-Karabakh in 2014.
Moreover, members of the subcommittee rejected the proposal
of pro-Armenian congressmen that the Armenian community of
Nagorno-Karabakh participate in the negotiations on the conflict
settlement, Abdullayev said.
The congressional subcommittee also declined the proposal to toughen
the anti-Azerbaijan Section 907 to the Freedom Support Act.
Section 907 was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1992. This law bans
direct aid to the Azerbaijan government.
In October 24, 2001, the Senate gave the U.S. President the ability
to waive Section 907. That waiver has been exercised every year
since 2002.
Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus
neighbor that caused a brutal war in the early 1990s. Long-standing
efforts by US, Russian and French mediators have been largely fruitless
so far.
As a result of the Armenian occupation, in Nagorno-Karabakh, adjacent
regions and the regions bordering on Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh
over a million Azerbaijanis were deprived of their places of residence
and turned into refugees and IDPs.
The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/57444.html