U.S Assitance to Armenia Likely to Make $75 Million in 2003November 2, 2005 - 17:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Senate and House Foreign Aid Committee members agreed to appropriate $75 million in assistance to Armenia and $3 million for Nagorno Karabakh, November 1, during a conference held to iron out differences between the Senate and House versions of the foreign aid bills, reported the Armenian National Committee of America. "We want to thank Senators McConnell, Leahy and Mikulski as well asRepresentatives Kolbe, Knollenberg, Lowey, Rothman and all the other conferees for their leadership in securing a $75 million earmark for Armenia, and to thank all our friends on the Foreign Operations Subcommittees for their work on each of the provisions in this bill that will contribute to the further strengthening of U.S.-Armenia ties," said Aram Hamparian, Executive Director of the ANCA. "We look forward to full Senate and House passage of the measures as early as this week." The Senate and House Conferees also agreed to maintain military assistance parity between Armenia and Azerbaijan, approving $5 million in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) and $750,000 in International Military Education and Training (IMET) for both countries. The overall foreign aid budget for fiscal year 2006 is $20.9 billion, $2 billion less than the President's request. In total $514 million in foreign assistance was allotted to the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union, including $80 million for Russia, $84 million for Ukraine, $67 million for Georgia, and $35 million for Azerbaijan. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |