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Thanks Chairman Menendez for Shining Spotlight on Failed State Department Policies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the U.S. House and Senate wrap up the 117th Congress, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) is urging legislative leaders to adopt a $50 million aid package for Artsakh in the end-of-year spending package they are currently considering.

In a letter to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Bob Menendez (D-NJ), ANCA Chairman Raffi Hamparian expressed the appreciation of the Armenian American community and coalition partners for his recent hearing on U.S. policy in the Caucasus, a session characterized by vigorous congressional oversight. Sen. Menendez was direct throughout the course of the hearing, stating: \u201cIt seems to me that the United States is in bed with Azerbaijan.\u201d In question after question, Chairman Menendez pressed Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried and State Department Senior Advisor for Caucasus Negotiations Philip Reeker on circumventing Section 907 restrictions on U.S. aid to Azerbaijan and failing to send assistance to Artsakh Armenians displaced by Azerbaijani and Turkish aggression. \u00a0

Highlights from the hearing are available at:
https:\/\/youtu.be\/Bsgejy-DUYg<\/a>

The ANCA correspondence to Chairman Menendez went on to state, \u201cAs was so painfully put on display during your hearing, our current U.S. engagement in the region is driven by oil-rich Azerbaijan, a corrupt dictatorship that the Biden Administration has allowed to hijack U.S. policy.\u00a0 This must end, with Congress reclaiming U.S. policy \u2013 in the same spirit as the noble effort you led in 2019 to break Turkey\u2019s gag-rule against honest American remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.\u201d \u00a0The text of the letter is available at: https:\/\/anca.org\/assets\/pdf\/112922_ANCA_ThankYou_ChairmanMenendez.pdf<\/a>

In a letter to Congressional Armenian Caucus founding Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Hamparian stressed, \u201cAs you know, the Biden Administration, like the Trump Administration before it, has \u2013 under pressure from Azerbaijan \u2013 pursued a reckless and irresponsible policy of blocking U.S. humanitarian aid to Artsakh \u2013 despite the desperate needs there and the broad, bipartisan support this aid program enjoys in both houses of Congress. Overriding Azerbaijan\u2019s veto against U.S. aid to Artsakh is a top legislative priority for the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) and our community and coalition partners.\u201d \u00a0The text of the ANCA letter is available at: https:\/\/anca.org\/assets\/pdf\/112922_ANCA_RepPallone.pdf<\/a>

In September, Rep. Pallone and Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV) led a bi-partisan effort supported by over 45 Members of Congress, calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power to \u201ctake immediate steps dedicating significant resources\u201d to support the at-risk Armenian population of Artsakh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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