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    Government behind country's deprivation of US aid programme - Azeri opposition

    Azadliq, Baku
    26 May 04

    The statement says: "The US Congress has decided to allocate 5bn
    dollars to developing countries within the framework of the Millennium
    Challenges programme."

    [Passage omitted: reported details of the programme]

    As has already been reported, Azerbaijan is one of the countries which
    will not receive the financial aid allocated within the framework of
    the Millennium Challenges programme. Unlike Azerbaijan, the other two
    South Caucasus countries - Georgia and Armenia will receive 500m and
    330m dollars respectively.

    This shows that the suppression of democratic values in the country
    by the incumbent government and the employment of corruption as a
    state policy caused Azerbaijan, the overwhelming majority of whose
    population live in poverty, the loss of 100m dollars.

    The rule of the corrupt regime over 10 years led to the gradual
    deterioration of the Azerbaijani people's living conditions and to
    misappropriation of funds in the sum of a billion dollars by a group
    of people in the authorities. At the same time, this fact objectively
    expresses the negative opinion of the international public about
    Azerbaijan. Traditionally, Azerbaijan is described in reports by
    international organizations as a country flagrantly violating human
    rights, suppressing democratic values and as highly corrupt. That means
    that this government's presence does not enable our country to get the
    support of the international public for the resolution of its problems.

    The People's Front of Azerbaijan Party [PFAP] states this huge
    material damage on our country, just because of this fact, is another
    unforgivable step harming the Azerbaijani people's living conditions
    and the state.

    The PFAP thinks the incumbent government, which has turned corruption
    and legal nihilism into a state policy and is trying to suppress the
    democratic processes, is responsible for Azerbaijan's deprivation of
    [US] financial aid when Armenia, fighting a war with Azerbaijan,
    received 300m dollars [as published].

    The PFAP states that Azerbaijan's deprivation of major financial
    assistance to support the formation of democratic and open society
    and economic reforms, is a heavy blow to our country's national
    development and the interests of the state and the government should
    answer to the Azerbaijani people for this.
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