{"id":16130,"date":"2019-08-01T10:18:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T10:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=16130"},"modified":"2019-08-01T10:18:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T10:18:24","slug":"trump-administration-attacks-u-s-aid-program-to-artsakh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=16130","title":{"rendered":"Trump Administration Attacks U.S. Aid Program to Artsakh"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>ANCA Rallies Congressional Support for HALO Trust\u2019s Live-Saving De-Mining Program; Urges for Grassroots Action by visiting anca.org\/call<\/h2>\n<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 The Trump Administration \u2013 caving in to pressure from Azerbaijan\u2019s authoritarian Aliyev regime \u2013 is targeting the humanitarian aid program in Artsakh, attempting to shut down the HALO Trust\u2019s de-mining program that has saved countless lives across the Republic, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Representatives Brad Sherman (D-CA) and TJ Cox (D-CA) are leading a Congressional campaign \u2013 backed by the ANCA &#8211; encouraging USAID Administrator Mark Green to reverse course and preserve the Nagorno Karabakh de-mining program.  Administrator Green testified before the Foreign Affairs Committee on April 9th of this year that USAID was committed to completing the clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnances within the traditional boundaries of Nagorno Karabakh. <\/p>\n<p>Administrator Green\u2019s exchange with senior House Foreign Affairs Committee member Brad Sherman is available on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=286907845554947\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=286907845554947<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16132\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.armeniancause.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/HALO-Kids.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.armeniancause.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/HALO-Kids.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"386\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/HALO-Kids.jpg 525w, https:\/\/ancnews.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/HALO-Kids-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Armen Badalyan (left), who was injured by a mine-explosion outside his home in Norashen. Photo credit The Halo Trust.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump is wrong to bow to Azerbaijani dictator Ilham Aliyev\u2019s reckless demand that America end U.S. humanitarian aid to Artsakh,\u201d said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. \u201cA modest expenditure that represents a major investment in peace, this aid program has, since Fiscal Year 1998, delivered desperately needed maternal health care, provided families with clean drinking water, and cleared farms and villages of deadly mines. We thank each and every U.S. legislator who is seeking to advance U.S. interests and American values by continuing U.S. humanitarian aid to Artsakh in the face of foreign attempts to meddle in American decision-making.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ANCA has mounted a nationwide grassroots Congressional calling campaign in support of continued Artsakh aid.  To participate, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/anca.org\/call\">http:\/\/anca.org\/call<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANCA Rallies Congressional Support for HALO Trust\u2019s Live-Saving De-Mining Program; Urges for Grassroots Action by visiting anca.org\/call WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 The Trump Administration \u2013 caving in to pressure from Azerbaijan\u2019s authoritarian Aliyev regime \u2013 is targeting the humanitarian aid program in Artsakh, attempting to shut down the HALO Trust\u2019s de-mining program that has saved countless [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[126],"class_list":["post-16130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anca"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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