The appeal will particularly underline that Azerbaijan is the only Muslim country to support the US antiterrorism operations, which is actively participating in peacekeeping operations in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, and is important regional ally and alternative energy supplier for the US and Europe.

The appeal will ask the subcommittee to create conditions for Azerbaijani community to participate in the debates concerning financial aid to the South Caucasian countries in 2008 budget year, APA reports.

US Armenian community appealed to the subcommittee during the debates on March 29. The community demanded allocating $75m to Armenia and $10m to Nagorno Karabakh. It also demanded allocating equal amount of ($4.3m) military aid to Armenia and Azerbaijan and extra 1$m to the training of Armenian army. Bryan Ardouny, Executive Director, Armenian Assembly of America tried to persuade the members of the subcommittee that Armenia was blockaded by Azerbaijan and Turkey. He also said that Azerbaijan’s military budget is equal to Armenian state budget. Ardouny called on to apply the section 907 to Freedom Support Act against Azerbaijan and influence on Turkish government for opening Kars-Gumru railway.

The sources in the Congress inform the that out of 15 members of the subcommittee attended the meeting where Armenians expressed their proposals and protests.

The co-author of Armenian genocide resolution is congressman from California Adam Schiff, one of the members of the US Congress Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs.