Congressman Frank Pallone Jr., along with 27 members of Congress, sent a letter to Chairwoman Kay Granger and Ranking Member Nita Lowey of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the US Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs.

In preparing the Fiscal Year 2015 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations bill, the lawmakers are requesting that the subcommittee support increased funding for US assistance to Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, PolitickerNJ reported.

Specifically, the representatives are asking the subcommittee to direct the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to spend at least $5 million in FY 2015 for humanitarian and development programs in Nagorno-Karabakh, and to ensure that at least $40 million in overall FY 2015 economic aid is appropriated for Armenia.