Two US Senate Committees will hold hearings on Turkey and the Caucasus region today and tomorrow (APA)

The Committee on Foreign Relations will hold a confirmation hearing on President Obama’s nominee to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr., on August 2. Some pro-Armenian Senators are against his nomination. Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) called on the Senators to seriously question the ambassador regarding the “Armenian genocide”, situation of the religious minorities in Turkey and US-Turkish relations.

On August 3, the Senate Committee on Appropriations will review the foreign aid plan for the next year. Recently its subcommittee approved the $40-million foreign aid package for Armenia instead of proposed $60-milion. Senators didn’t include Nagorno Karabakh in the foreign aid list. This decision caused protest of American Armenian community. They demand to increase aid to Armenia, to allocate financial resources for Nagorno Karabakh and to stop aid to Azerbaijan.

source: APA

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