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    Armenpress

    AZERBAIJAN WORKS TO HAVE SECTION 907 REPEALED

    BAKU, MAY 27, ARMENPRESS; Azerbaijani ambassador to the USA Hafiz
    Pashayev told ANS news agency that Azeri diplomats in Washington are engaged
    in intensive lobbying efforts to press for the repeal of so-called 907
    Section.
    Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act was passed by the U.S. Congress in
    1992 at the height of the war in Karabakh to ban direct aid to the
    Azerbaijan government. Azerbaijan considers this piece of U.S. legislature
    grossly unfair saying it rewards Armenians as aggressors and treats Azeris ,
    "the victims crushed by the economic burdens of territorial devastation with
    the social burden of approximately 1 million refugees and displaced
    citizens, as the only nation on earth to which the U.S. denies direct
    humanitarian aid." According to Pashayev, Azeri diplomats have succeeded in
    winning the support of many top US government officials, but he said that
    the decision is to be made, however, by Congress, where Armenian lobbying
    organizations have scores of supporters. The Azeri diplomat also said that
    the climate in Congress is changing and that they have embarked on a new
    strategy. "If the situation in Azerbaijan improves a little that would
    significantly facilitate our efforts to have the section 907 repealed," he
    said.
    U.S. President George W. Bush suspended in 2002 January the Section in
    acknowledgment of Baku's support for the international antiterrorism
    coalition. Pashayev also said that Azerbaijan may count for a $53 million US
    aid in 2006. He said Azeri president Ilham Aliyev is expected to visit
    Washington later this year.
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