CONGRESSMAN FRANK PALLONE SPEAKS ABOUT LACK OF KARABAKH ASSISTANCE

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02.08.2011

Congressman Frank Pallone, Monday wrote House Appropriations
Committee Chairman Harold Rogers and Kay Granger, Chairwoman of the
Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs to express his concerns of reports that the Subcommittee has
broken precedent by failing to provide funding for humanitarian and
development assistance in Nagorno Karabakh. In past years, funding
for Nagorno Karabakh had broad bi-partisan support. Pallone expressed
concerns about the repercussions this lack of funding would have in
the region.

“Since 1998 USAID and other agencies have been providing funds for
humanitarian and other assistance programs in Nagorno Karabakh as a
result of the Appropriations Committee’s work. The decision to provide
no funds to Nagorno Karabakh in Fiscal Year 2012 is a break with the
practice of the Appropriations Committee, under both Democratic and
Republican control,” Pallone wrote in the letter.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress