Washington Examiner: US must stop financial assistance to Armenia

Baku. 10 May. REPORT.AZ/ The activity of the pro-Armenian lobby is contrary to US interests.

Report informs, it is stated in an article published bysenior fellow at the Begin-Sadat Center and Bar Ilan University Alexander Murinson inWashington Examiner.

The deepening Armenian military alliance with Russia poses a direct threat to NATO.

Author noted that, the deployment of Iskander-M missiles in Armenia changes the military balance in the region and may threaten close allies of the US - Turkey, Azerbaijan or Israel.

“These developments are in sharp dissonance with the continued financial support for Armenia approved by Congress and President Barack Obama's administration. The main lobbying effort on behalf of Armenia is conducted by the Armenian Caucus. This caucus is currently co-chaired by Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., Rep. David Trott, R-Mich., and Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif”, article notes.

The Obama administration also approved a continued "parity policy" with Azerbaijan, an American partner in the strategically-important Caspian region, in terms of appropriated military aid, with International Military Education and Training (IMET) assistance set at $600,000 and Foreign Military Finance (FMF) at $1.7 million. USAID has annually allocated $2,000,000 for the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh, the sovereign territory of Azerbaijan under the military occupation by the Armenian forces.

“In light of the strengthening military alliance of Armenia with Russia, the wisdom of continued support for Armenia needs to be not questioned, but openly condemned”, Murinson writes. Armenian "political" organizations such as the Armenian National Committee of America and others are, in fact, Russian puppets.

In this regard, A. Murinson recommends to admonish Armenian caucus and suspend financial assistance to Armenia.