US CONGRESSMEN SUPPORT DECISION OF US SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
Washington, November 19 (AZERTAC). US congressional Azerbaijan caucus members Solomon Ortiz, Bill Schuster, Robert Vexler, Virginia Foxx have sent a letter to the Subcommittees for Foreign Operations of the US House and Senate Committees on Appropriations with respect to the Department of State appropriations bill for 2010 fiscal year
The letter supported the Senate Appropriations Committee`s decision concerning the paragraphs on US`s aid to Azerbaijan and development of US-Azerbaijan relations on the eve of discussions at the Senate on the foreign operations and Department of State appropriations bill.
The letter stressed Azerbaijan`s important role in global war on terrorism including military operations in Afghanistan.
The authors of the letter backed the decision not to add any new terms to the authority granted by the Senate Appropriations Committee to the US President with respect to the section 907 of the Freedom Support Act. It said adoption of new paragraphs concerning the section 907 would harm US-Azerbaijan relationship and US`s interests in the region.
The letter supported the fact that the Appropriations Committee did not included any aid to Nagorno-Karabakh into the department of state appropriations bill for 2010 FY.
On July 9, unlike the US House of Representatives, the Senate Appropriations Committee did not include any amendments to the appropriations bill regarding section 907 and aid to Nagorno-Karabakh
The letter was sent to Chairman of US Senate Subcommittee for foreign operations Patrick Leahy and ranking member Judd Greg as well as Chair of the House Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee Nita Lowey and ranking minority member Kay Granger.
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