Over 30 Senators Support Aid to Artsakh
Today, the Armenian Council of America welcomed a letter spearheaded by Senate Foreign Relations Ranking Member Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) in support of U.S. assistance to Artsakh.
The letter addressed to the Senate Appropriations Committee was cosigned by 30 Senators, including Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bob Casey (D-PA), Chris Coons (D-DE), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Diane Feinstein (D-CA), Kristen Gilibrand (D-NY), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Margaret Hassan (D-NH), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Ed Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Gary Peters (D-MI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jackie Rosen (D-NV), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Ron Wyden (D-OR).
The letter calls for “not less than $1.5 million” in the Fiscal Year 2021 Senate, State Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Bill be made available to “fund demining and landmine risk education programs in Nagorno-Karabakh.”
In addition, the letter calls for “robust funding for Nagorno-Karabakh-based regional rehabilitation services for survivors of landmine injuries and individuals with physical and cognitive disabilities” as well as “an independent assessment of remaining contamination from mines and unexploded ordnance in Nagorno-Karabakh and the risk that contamination poses to civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh.”
