US President Barack Obama has called for a reduction of US financial support for Armenia, News.am reports.
An additional $3.6 million will be spent on military trainings of Turkey. Support for Armenia will drop by 32%. Armenia will receive $27.219 million instead of $40 million approved by the Congress. $12.781 million of the saved sum, $2.824 million for combating drug trafficking and development of healthcare in Armenia and $2.5 million of funds for realization of global healthcare programs in Armenia will make a total of the $27.219 million Obama offered, a drop of 19%.
Aram Amparyan, Executive Director of the Armenian National Committee of America, expressed regret that the US reduced financial support for Armenia against the background of the economic blockade by Turkey and Azerbaijan and despite the support for US operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kosovo.
