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  • AAA Calls For Robust Aid as Administration Budget Includes $40 Mil.

    PRESS RELEASE
    For Immediate Release
    February 1, 2010
    Contact: Press Department
    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: (202) 393-3434

    ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR ROBUST AID AS ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET
    INCLUDES $40 MILLION FOR ARMENIA AND ASYMMETRICAL MILITARY ASSISTANCE

    Washington, DC - Today, the Administration released its budget for
    Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, which includes $40 million in economic
    assistance to Armenia, announced the Armenian Assembly of America.
    This amount reflects a $10 million increase over the Administration's
    request from last year, and is $1 million less than the level enacted
    in FY 2010.

    "Given the ongoing blockades imposed upon Armenia by Turkey and
    Azerbaijan, coupled with Armenia's constructive and bold actions to
    normalize relations with Turkey without preconditions, at the same
    time Azerbaijan has done all it can to thwart that process as well as
    continuing to incite a new war against Armenians the Assembly renews
    its request for not less than $70 million for Armenia," stated
    Assembly Executive Director, Bryan Ardouny.

    The Administration's budget also repeated its asymmetrical request
    with respect to military parity between Armenian and Azerbaijan by
    calling for nearly one-half million more in military assistance to
    Azerbaijan, which breaches long-standing Congressional policy. The
    budget calls for $450,000 for International Military Education
    Training (IMET) for Armenia and $900,000 for Azerbaijan, while
    maintaining $3.5 million each in Foreign Military Financing (FMF).

    As was the case in FY 2010, the Administration did not specifically
    allocate funding for Nagorno Karabakh, of which Congress had called
    for up to $8 million in U.S. assistance.
    "We look forward to working with our friends in Congress to ensure
    robust assistance to Armenia and Karabakh," added Congressional
    Relations Associate Bianka Dodov. "We need to strengthen and expand
    the U.S.-Armenia relationship and make certain that Armenia has the
    tools necessary to succeed," added Dodov.

    Established in 1972, the Armenian Assembly of America is the largest
    Washington-based nationwide organization promoting public
    understanding and awareness of Armenian issues. The Assembly is a
    501(c)(3) tax-exempt membership organization.
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