Thursday, March 14 2024 13:54

ArmInfo. The Administration's Budget request for Fiscal Year 2025 recommends $45 million for  Armenia within the Assistance to Europe, Eurasian, Central Asia  (AEECA) account, along with $6 million under International Narcotics  and Law Enforcement (INCLE), and $700,000 in International Military  Education Training (IMET), reported the Armenian Assembly of America  (Assembly).  

Similar to FY2023 and FY2024, the Administration proposed  approximately $10 million in aid to Azerbaijan, without taking into  consideration the Aliyev regime's genocidal intent and atrocities it  has committed against the Armenian people of Artsakh and sovereign  Armenia.

"We are disappointed and deeply troubled to see these types of  insufficient actions to prevent and address genocide against  Nagorno-Karabakh," stated Assembly Co-Chairs Anthony Barsamian and  Van Krikorian.  "The United States cannot selectively support  democracy in the region, especially when Armenians continue to face  attacks from authoritarian regimes, as well as the ongoing erasure of  its centuries-old presence as documented by the Caucasus Heritage  Watch," the Co-Chairs added. "We urge the Administration to do much  more to help a democracy at risk."

The Budget request is part of an annual process and provides a  framework for Congress as the House and Senate Appropriations  Committees will craft funding bills that are ultimately voted on and  then signed into law.