During House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Administration's Budget for Fiscal Year 2013, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) expressed support for U.S. assistance to the Javakhk region of Georgia, reported the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly).
Congressman Sherman, noting the generous U.S. aid provided to Georgia, requested that the Armenian community residing in the Javakh region of Georgia benefit from such assistance targeted to that area. Sherman relayed his understanding through the Georgian Embassy that the Georgian government is supportive of assisting Javakh and stressed that these efforts would help achieve U.S. strategic goals in the Caucasus. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was testifying before the Committee, indicated that she will respond to the Congressman in writing.
Sherman told the Assembly that he also plans to ask the Secretary additional questions for the record, including U.S. assistance to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, as well as Turkey's ongoing blockade of Armenia.
