U.S. additional funding bill includes Nagorno-Karabakh aid

ArmInfo.The U.S. additional aid legislation includes humanitarian assistance for vulnerable people who have been impacted by conflicts around the world, including in Nagorno-Karabakh, U.S. National Security Advisor  Jake Sullivan said at a press briefing.

On February 13, the United States Senate passed a $95bn bill with aid  for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

The legislation will now head to the Republican-controlled House of  Representatives.

"The bill will provide lifesaving humanitarian assistance for  vulnerable people who have been impacted by conflicts around the  world.  That includes millions of Ukrainians who have been displaced  by Russia's brutal invasion.  It includes conflicts in Sudan and  Nagorno-Karabakh.  And this support also includes dealing with the  urgent needs of the more than 2 million innocent Palestinian  civilians in Gaza, the vast majority of whom have nothing to do with  Hamas."

In his turn, Matthew Miller, Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of  State, commented on "additional resources [they] are seeking right  now," said: 

"So there are additional resources that were in the supplemental  request for humanitarian assistance. I didn't see all of the National  Security Advisor's remarks. I believe that's what he was referring  to, or I suspect - I should say - that's what he was referring to.  But there was humanitarian assistance contained in the supplemental  request that we put forward and in the bill that was passed the  Senate that would - could be used by the United States for  humanitarian response to conflicts all around the world."