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WILL U.S. HELP ARMENIAN SYRIANS?
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/politics27033.html
Published: 11:32:52 - 03/08/2012
The Armenian service of RFA/RL reports that two months ago, the House
Appropriations Committee approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Foreign
Operations Appropriations Bill outlining U.S. funding and policy
priorities abroad, including Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee notes the developments in the
Middle East pose more challenges to the Christian population. Listing
the Armenians among the endangered ethnic minorities, the U.S.
committee urges the Secretary of State to provide humanitarian aid
and move.
According to Elizabeth Chuljian, spokesperson for the Armenian
National Committee of America, no concrete sum is mentioned but an
urge to support the Armenian and Christian minorities.
The U.S. congressmen call on the U.S. State Department to work with
the neighboring countries of Syria for them to accept refugees.
The aforementioned bill needs to be agreed with the Senate
Appropriations Committee, which for its part has worked out its own
foreign aid bill which does not envisage support to the Armenians. The
session to discuss the bill is scheduled this month. According to
Elizabeth Chuljian, Armenian lobbyists are working to ensure the
incorporation of this point in the final version of the bill.
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/politics27033.html
Published: 11:32:52 - 03/08/2012
The Armenian service of RFA/RL reports that two months ago, the House
Appropriations Committee approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Foreign
Operations Appropriations Bill outlining U.S. funding and policy
priorities abroad, including Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee notes the developments in the
Middle East pose more challenges to the Christian population. Listing
the Armenians among the endangered ethnic minorities, the U.S.
committee urges the Secretary of State to provide humanitarian aid
and move.
According to Elizabeth Chuljian, spokesperson for the Armenian
National Committee of America, no concrete sum is mentioned but an
urge to support the Armenian and Christian minorities.
The U.S. congressmen call on the U.S. State Department to work with
the neighboring countries of Syria for them to accept refugees.
The aforementioned bill needs to be agreed with the Senate
Appropriations Committee, which for its part has worked out its own
foreign aid bill which does not envisage support to the Armenians. The
session to discuss the bill is scheduled this month. According to
Elizabeth Chuljian, Armenian lobbyists are working to ensure the
incorporation of this point in the final version of the bill.