AAA OFFICE HEAD ASSURES CONGRESS WILL APPROVE MORE AID

Panorama.am
17:27 08/02/2007

One of the major issues that the Armenian Assembly of America (AAA)
deals is the size of the assistance to be provided to Armenia and
Nagorno Karabakh. Arpi Vardanyan, AAA regional office head, told
reporters today that the figures presented by the U.S. administration
should not be concerning as the usual story repeats.

"Every time the administration presents small figures but the Congress
increases them," she assured referring to last year experience. She
said that the congress will not permit the military aid to Azerbaijan
to be bigger than to Armenia.

Reminder: U.S. administration plans to provide $4.3 million to
Azerbaijan in military aid and $3 million to Armenia. In addition,
the administration plans to provide another $1 million to Azerbaijan
for military exercises and $300,000 to Armenia.