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    Прао ыбора, Azerbaijan
    Democratic Azerbaijan
    April 14 2006

    "Echo": Armenian Lobbyists Change Position
    14.04.2006


    James Kolbe thanked Azerbaijan for partnership in anti terror
    coalition

    "Let me express gratitude of American nation to Azerbaijan nation for
    partnership in anti terror coalition". James Kolbe, US Congressman
    from Arizona State, Chairman of Sub-Committee for External Affairs of
    the House of Representatives of US Congress stated at the
    press-conference. He underlined that Azerbaijan sent its peace-makers
    to Afghanistan and Iraq, and also gave the right of flight all along
    its air space and landing in its territory.
    Talking of the settlement of Nagorno-Garabagh conflict, James Kolbe
    reminded that the United States are one of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE
    Minsk Group, and urged for signing long-term just peace that could
    set up conditions for development and prosperity of the region. He
    also expressed a confidence that Azerbaijan President's visit to
    Azerbaijan will demonstrate development of US-Azerbaijan
    relationship.
    But journalists were interested with another: reportedly
    well-informed sources, in due time James Kolbe was one of the
    co-authors of the 907 Amendment "tied hands" of the Washington to
    develop bilateral relations with Azerbaijan that called by Kolbe
    himself as strategic ally of the US. At the instance of "Echo"
    commenting this point James Kolbe hastened to assure that his role in
    adoption of 907 Amendment "had been exaggerated a little" and
    underlined that for the last five years he always voted for support
    of the US Administration's proposal concerning to suspend 907
    Amendment. Demonstration of "change of positions" of the most
    Armenian lobbyists in US Congress turned out more impressive.
    James Kolbe did not exclude that the issue relating elimination of
    907 Amendment will be discussed pending Azerbaijan President's visit
    to US, but underlined that last word is behind the US Congress. At
    the same time, he said that one of the ways for elimination of 907
    Amendment should be the conflict settlement.
    James Kolbe also commented the fact that differing from Armenia and
    Georgia Azerbaijan was not included to the Millennium Challenge
    Programme. James Kolbe emphasized that no projects being implemented
    within the framework of Millennium Challenge Programme concern
    Nagorno-Garabagh. According to him, he took an active part in project
    development that should give a new direction to US financial aid
    abroad. According to him, annually, 6-7 new countries are included to
    the Programme, and the main criterion of choice is efficiency of
    national power branches. The corruption level determined by the
    Congress on the basis of estimation of independent experts plays a
    leading role.
    At the instance of journalists James Kolbe commented the fact that US
    Congress is not concern with reinforcement of neo-authoritarian
    tendencies in Russian policy towards newly-established States. As
    stated James Kolbe, the United States are, mostly, concerned with
    political and economic aspect of this point rather military, and
    assured of that Washington is ready to support political and economic
    independence of the newly-established countries in the region,
    including Azerbaijan.
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