SERZH SARGSYAN HAILS REP. SCHIFF’S EFFORTS FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION BY CONGRESS

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 14, 2010 – 12:53 AMT 07:53 GMT

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyanmet with Congressman Adam Schiff
(D-CA) in Washington on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit.

Mr. Sargsyan thanked the Congressman for his efforts for recognition
of the Armenian Genocide by the U.S. Congress and for support to
Armenia and Artsakh, presidential press office reported.

Congressman Adam B. Schiff representing California’s 29th Congressional
District is one of the authors of Armenian Genocide Resolution
(H. Res. 252) passed by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee
on Foreign Affairs on March 4, 2010. Rep. Schiff also speaks out for
increasing humanitarian aid to Nagorno Karabakh, maintenance of parity
in military assistance to Armenia and Azerbaijan and observance of
section 907 of the Freedom Support Act.

The Freedom Support Act (FSA) is the main mechanism for giving foreign
aid to countries of the former Soviet Union. Section 907 prohibits
certain types of direct U.S. assistance to the government of Azerbaijan
until it has ended its aggression and lifted its blockades against
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh.