U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee to vote on foreign aid bill July 9July 9, 2009 - 12:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Senate Appropriations Committee will be voting on the foreign aid bill on Thursday, July 9th. The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) is urging Armenian-Americans to encourage their respective Senators to support Armenia foreign aid priorities during the vote.The ANCA has also issued an action alert to call Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye and encourage him to support $70 million in assistance to Armenia, $10 million to Nagorno Karabakh and to maintain military assistance parity to Armenia and Azerbaijan. Earlier this year, President Obama followed in the tradition of Presidents Clinton and Bush in calling for a 38% reduction in aid to Armenia, and increase in aid to Azerbaijan and breaking parity in military assistance to Armenia and Azerbaijan. The House Appropriations Committee in June voted to send $48 million in aid to Armenia, $10 million to Nagorno Karabakh and maintain military aid parity between Armenia and 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |