Congress to reduce foreign aid to Armenia to $58.5 mln

Congress to reduce foreign aid to Armenia to $58.5 mln

December 18, 2007 - 12:33 AMT  11:34 GMT
We are troubled by the reductions in aid to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, particularly in light of Baku's increasingly violent rhetoric about restarting its war against the Armenians, said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian.

Together with the Cyprian and Kurdish issues the issue of the Armenian Genocide should also be included on the list of the preconditions proposed by the EU to Turkey

December 15, 2007 - 18:37 AMT  11:34 GMT
The issue of the Armenian Genocide is on the agenda of the EU again. In fact, this issue has always been under discussion, only now, when the leaders of the EU have restarted discussing the ways of Turkey's integration into the European Union, the recognition of the Armenian Genocide together with the Cyprian and Kurdish issues may become a serious stumbling block for Turkey.
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