US House of Reps blocks Eximbank aid for Turkey-Georgia-Azerbaijan railway

A resolution put forward by Joseph Crowley, a Democrat congressman for New York and a supporter of the Armenian lobby, said the project should not be supported because it did not include Armenia in the plan for the 258 kilometre rail line.

This exclusion of Armenia from the project was an illegal economic blockage of that country and would only serve to further undermine stability in the region Crowley said. The resolution was adopted by the House as there was no opposition to the motion.

Crowley's office later issued a statement saying that a similar resolution would be tabled before the US Senate. The statement also said that it was planned to have the resolution passed into law by the end of the month. NTV-MSNBC