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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.

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