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Aid Approved: U.S. Panel agrees to $51 million for Armenia next year

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  • Aid Approved: U.S. Panel agrees to $51 million for Armenia next year

    rmenia has been approved by a key House panel of the U.S. Congress to receive $51.4 million in aid during Fiscal Year 2010. The Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill approved this week includes $3 million for Foreign Military Financing (FMF), and $450,000 in International Military Education Training (IMET). Nagorno Karabakh will receive $10 million.

    Meanwhile, funding increases proposed for Azerbaijan, which had raised charges of disparity from advocacy organizations including the Armenian Assembly of America (www.aaainc.org) were not approved.

    . "U.S. assistance to Armenia helps to offset the impact of Turkey's ongoing blockade of Armenia," said Assembly Executive Director Bryan Ardouny. "The Assembly commends Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) and members of the Subcommittee for ensuring this positive outcome,"

    The Subcommittee voted to maintain military assistance parity to Armenia and Azerbaijan, keeping foreign military financing to both countries at $3 million. The panel chose not to accept President Obama’s proposals, included in the FY10 budget that he released earlier this year, to reduce economic aid to Armenia by 38%, from $48 million to $30 million, and to tilt the military aid balance in favor of Azerbaijan.

    "Today's Subcommittee action sends the right message to the people of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, that America will continue to assist our friends in the region," said Ardouny. "However, the Assembly remains concerned about the overall level of assistance to Armenia, especially the impact of the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) recent decision to hold back funding on a rural roads project. The Assembly will continue to press for increased assistance to benefit the people of Armenia."

    As reported by the Armenian National Committee of America, soon after the House Foreign Operations Subcommittee’s action, Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) hailed the panel’s actions.

    "I commend the efforts of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee Chairwoman Nita Lowey and Ranking Member Kay Granger to restore military parity between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” said Rep. Pallone. “Their bi-partisan leadership . . . strengthens the U.S.-Armenia relationship by paving the way for economic aid to Armenia and assistance to Nagorno Karabakh during this global recession."

    In March of this year, Assembly Board of Trustees Member Van Krikorian testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State Foreign Operations and Related Programs, outlining the Assembly's priorities and urging not less than: $70 million for Armenia, $10 million for Nagorno Karabakh as well as $4 million in Foreign FMF and $1 million in IMET for Fiscal Year 2010.

    The full Committee is expected to consider the bill next week with a vote in the House of Representatives anticipated before the August Congressional recess.


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    Re: Aid Approved: U.S. Panel agrees to $51 million for Armenia next year

    Finally some good news, I hope
    they put good use to that money,
    who knows maybe if the economy
    takes a better turn maybe some
    more diasporans will return home.

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      Re: Aid Approved: U.S. Panel agrees to $51 million for Armenia next year

      Good news then, Obama is a victim of the establishment.

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        Re: Aid Approved: U.S. Panel agrees to $51 million for Armenia next year

        Armenian Provisions In Foreign Aid Bill Cross Second Hurdle:

        House Appropriations Committee Approves $48 Million for Armenia; $10 Million for Karabakh

        Preserves Military Aid Parity and Strengthens Section 907



        WASHINGTON– The Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10) State-Foreign Operations bill passed another hurdle Tuesday, with the full House Appropriations Committee approving the far-reaching measure, which includes $48 million for Armenia and an unprecedented increase in humanitarian assistance to Nagorno Karabakh to an annual allocation of $10 million, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

        The Committee adopted the measure in large part as approved last week by the Subcommittee on State-Foreign Operations. The bill maintains military assistance parity to Armenia and Azerbaijan, keeping foreign military financing to both countries at $3 million and International Military Education and Training (IMET) assistance at $450,000 each. The report language accompanying the legislation, for the first time, also specifically references “the policy of parity in military assistance provided to Armenia and Azerbaijan.”

        The resolution also strengthened language governing the President’s authority to waive Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act, a provision of law that restricts aid to Azerbaijan due to its blockades and other offensive actions against Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh.

        The new language will require closer Congressional consultation prior to any future waivers of this law. It reads:

        “The Committee reaffirms that Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act is still in effect, pending a settlement of the ongoing dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the status of Nagorno-Karabakh. The Committee supports the so-called “Minsk Process” that provides a forum for negotiations toward a peaceful settlement of the conflict, and encourages the Department of State to continue its efforts to reenergize the negotiating process this year. As this process moves forward, the Committee believes that all parties in the conflict must refrain from threats, incitement to the use of force, or other inflammatory rhetoric. Recognizing that the Congress gave the President broad waiver authority with respect to Section 907 in the fiscal year 2002 Appropriations Act and that this waiver has been exercised in every fiscal year since then, the Committee directs that the Department of State consult with the Committees on Appropriations before exercising this waiver for fiscal year 2010 to ensure that all conditions under the waiver provision are being fully met.”

        The ANCA welcomed the measure. “We would like, once again, to thank Chairwoman Lowey for her leadership and express our appreciation to Rep. Adam Schiff, Armenian Caucus Co-Chairman Mark Kirk, Representatives Steve Rothman, Jesse Jackson Jr, Betty McCollum, Barbara Lee, Steve Israel, and our many friends on the Subcommittee for constructively working to address our community’s foreign aid priorities,” said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian.

        “We are gratified that the full Appropriations Committee panel restored military aid parity, met the Armenian Caucus request of $10 million for Nagorno Karabakh, and strengthened the waiver language for Section 907,” he added. “We will seek to build on this progress on the House side by working with our friends in the Senate to bring the economic aid figure to Armenia up to the $70 million level requested by the Armenian Caucus.”

        The next step for this legislation is its consideration by the full House. This version will ultimately be reconciled with the Senate’s foreign aid bill before it is sent to the President to be signed into law.

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          Re: Aid Approved: U.S. Panel agrees to $51 million for Armenia next year

          Armenia is providing troops to the mission in Afghanistan and the US wants to send a message to Azerbaijan to keep its nose out of the Armenian-Turkish reconciliation process. Why? I'm not so sure though because the white house originally wanted to reduce economic aid to Armenia, and to tilt the military aid balance in favor of Azerbaijan
          "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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            Re: Aid Approved: U.S. Panel agrees to $51 million for Armenia next year

            Originally posted by KanadaHye View Post
            Armenia is providing troops to the mission in Afghanistan and the US wants to send a message to Azerbaijan to keep its nose out of the Armenian-Turkish reconciliation process. Why? I'm not so sure though because the white house originally wanted to reduce economic aid to Armenia, and to tilt the military aid balance in favor of Azerbaijan
            Looks like the tables have finally turned,
            for the better of Armenia.

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              Re: Aid Approved: U.S. Panel agrees to $51 million for Armenia next year

              This is great news, thanks for sharing! I only read about the plan to reduce aid to Armenia while increasing it for Azerbaijan and that was pretty upsetting considering the fact that Azerbaijan has natural resources such as oil and not in need of any sort of aid to begin with. Anyway, I'm glad the proposal was rejected.

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