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U.S. CONGRESSMAN CALLS FOR COORDINATED ASSISTANCE TO JAVAKHK
July 1, 2014 - 10:41 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - In a meeting this weekend with Georgian President
Giorgi Margvelashvili, U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff raised the need
to coordinate and focus USAID assistance to meet humanitarian needs
in the predominately Armenian region of Samtskhe-Javakheti (Javakhk).
Rep. Schiff had worked on this issue with former Georgian President
Mikheil Saakashvili and USAID Director Rajiv Shah and sought to
continue the emphasis on assistance to this economically vulnerable
area. Schiff is in the Caucasus participating in a Helsinki Commission
meeting.
President Margvelashvilli expressed his willingness to coordinate
assistance to the region, and added a new sense of urgency to the
issue. With Georgia's signing of an association agreement with
the European Union this week and Armenia's participation in the
Russia-based customs union, it will be more important than ever,
the President emphasized, to ensure that trade between Armenia and
Georgia can continue unabated and grow.
The Javakheti region is particularly reliant on this trade, making
resolution of any trade issues between countries belonging to the
separate trade associations - and assistance to the region - all the
more timely and vital.
July 1, 2014 - 10:41 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - In a meeting this weekend with Georgian President
Giorgi Margvelashvili, U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff raised the need
to coordinate and focus USAID assistance to meet humanitarian needs
in the predominately Armenian region of Samtskhe-Javakheti (Javakhk).
Rep. Schiff had worked on this issue with former Georgian President
Mikheil Saakashvili and USAID Director Rajiv Shah and sought to
continue the emphasis on assistance to this economically vulnerable
area. Schiff is in the Caucasus participating in a Helsinki Commission
meeting.
President Margvelashvilli expressed his willingness to coordinate
assistance to the region, and added a new sense of urgency to the
issue. With Georgia's signing of an association agreement with
the European Union this week and Armenia's participation in the
Russia-based customs union, it will be more important than ever,
the President emphasized, to ensure that trade between Armenia and
Georgia can continue unabated and grow.
The Javakheti region is particularly reliant on this trade, making
resolution of any trade issues between countries belonging to the
separate trade associations - and assistance to the region - all the
more timely and vital.