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    CONGRESSMAN SHERMAN EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE TO JAVAKH, COMMEMORATES SUMGAIT ANNIVERSARY

    armradio.am
    01.03.2012 12:23

    During the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the
    Administration's Budget for Fiscal Year 2013, Congressman Brad Sherman
    (D-CA) expressed support for U.S. assistance to the Javakh region of
    Georgia, reported the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly).

    Congressman Sherman, noting the generous U.S. aid provided to
    Georgia, requested that the Armenian community residing in the Javakh
    region of Georgia benefit from such assistance targeted to that
    area. Sherman relayed his understanding through the Georgian Embassy
    that the Georgian government is supportive of assisting Javakh and
    stressed that these efforts would help achieve U.S. strategic goals
    in the Caucasus. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was
    testifying before the Committee, indicated that she will respond to
    the Congressman in writing.

    Sherman told the Assembly that he also plans to ask the Secretary
    additional questions for the record, including U.S. assistance to
    Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, as well as Turkey's ongoing blockade
    of Armenia.

    Also Congressman Sherman commemorated the 24th anniversary of the
    1988 Sumgait pogrom, in which innocent Armenians were targeted in
    Azerbaijan. In his House floor statement, Sherman stated: "We will
    not forget the ethnic-cleansing of the Armenians from Azerbaijan...We
    must urge Azerbaijan to cease all threats and acts of coercion against
    the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh."

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