YEREVAN. - U.S. President Barak Obama’s call to reduce economic funding of Armenia by 19 per cent is connected with the deep financial crisis in the country, Armenian political scientist Yervand Bozoyan told the reporter of Armenian News-NEWS.am.

According to the expert, despite the financial crisis the USA has foreign policy priorities due to which the U.S. president called to increase the funding of realizing international military education in Turkey, as ‘Turkey plays an important role as a global partner’.

“Turkey cooperates with the U.S. on the Iranian and Syrian issues, that is why Washington considers that the funding of Turkey should not be reduced, moreover, it should be increased,” Bozoyan mentioned.

As the expert pointed out, it does not matter what disposition Armenia has in the Iranian and Syrian issues as Armenia’s factor is rather weak and the Turkish factor is strong.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, Barak Obama called to reduce the funding of Armenia by the United Stated of America by 19 per cent. At the same time, he called to increase Turkey’s funding.