FRANK PALLONE: U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT WILL NEVER RECOGNIZE THE NKR INDEPENDENCE

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24.08.2009 18:12

I believe personally that the United States should recognize Nagorno
Karabakh, Frank Pallone Jr., and the New Jersey Democrat who is a
founding co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues,
said. "I certainly would be willing to do whatever I can to have that
happen," he said.

However, according to him, it will be difficult, because a lot of
members of Congress are not that familiar with the subject. "I assume
that the State Department would be against it, and I am not sure how
much Armenia itself would be pushing for it. So it would probably be
hard to do," Frank Pallone said.

"And while I support recognition of NKR, I do not know if the Armenian
community wants to prioritize that. The community has to prioritize
the issues and spend their time on things that are more likely (to be
successfully accomplished). And since this issue would be difficult,
I would not recommend that they prioritize it, "congressman said in
an interview to Armenian reporter.