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May 5 2012
Section 907 loses relevance to Azerbaijan, top official says
Azerbaijan, Baku, May 5 / Trend E. Mehdiyev /
Azerbaijan has been trying for 20 years to inform the U.S political
planning centers and all bodies carrying out state policy, that
Azerbaijan's rights were violated in the issue of Section 907,
Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Social and Political
Department Chief Ali Hasanov told media today.
He reminded that Section 907 of the United States Freedom Support Act
was injustice against Azerbaijan
"Section 907 was adopted against Azerbaijan in 1992 under the Armenian
lobby's pressure and it should be abolished," he said. "By its
activity over the past period, Azerbaijan proved that this decision
has been indeed taken unjustly. Azerbaijan did not hold Armenia in the
blockade. Armenia has put itself in the blockade. Armenia occupied the
territory between Azerbaijan and Armenia."
"For now the section has lost its relevance to Azerbaijan," he stressed.
"We do not expect any financial and economic assistance from the U.S,"
he said. "We do not need it. Azerbaijan and the U.S are equal
partners. If the political planning centers of this country think that
abolishing Section 907 is in the interests of the U.S, they will
cancel it. Otherwise, we will not insist on this. We do not need to
receive any grants from the U.S as part of Section 907."
The U.S. Congress adopted the Freedom Support Act in October 1992 to
regulate rendering state aid to former Soviet republics. According to
Section 907 of the law, the U.S. government was forbidden to assist
Azerbaijani official bodies. Section 907 has been suspended by the
U.S. president since 2002 on an annual basis in accordance with his
powers given by the Congress in 2001.
May 5 2012
Section 907 loses relevance to Azerbaijan, top official says
Azerbaijan, Baku, May 5 / Trend E. Mehdiyev /
Azerbaijan has been trying for 20 years to inform the U.S political
planning centers and all bodies carrying out state policy, that
Azerbaijan's rights were violated in the issue of Section 907,
Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Social and Political
Department Chief Ali Hasanov told media today.
He reminded that Section 907 of the United States Freedom Support Act
was injustice against Azerbaijan
"Section 907 was adopted against Azerbaijan in 1992 under the Armenian
lobby's pressure and it should be abolished," he said. "By its
activity over the past period, Azerbaijan proved that this decision
has been indeed taken unjustly. Azerbaijan did not hold Armenia in the
blockade. Armenia has put itself in the blockade. Armenia occupied the
territory between Azerbaijan and Armenia."
"For now the section has lost its relevance to Azerbaijan," he stressed.
"We do not expect any financial and economic assistance from the U.S,"
he said. "We do not need it. Azerbaijan and the U.S are equal
partners. If the political planning centers of this country think that
abolishing Section 907 is in the interests of the U.S, they will
cancel it. Otherwise, we will not insist on this. We do not need to
receive any grants from the U.S as part of Section 907."
The U.S. Congress adopted the Freedom Support Act in October 1992 to
regulate rendering state aid to former Soviet republics. According to
Section 907 of the law, the U.S. government was forbidden to assist
Azerbaijani official bodies. Section 907 has been suspended by the
U.S. president since 2002 on an annual basis in accordance with his
powers given by the Congress in 2001.