THE INTEREST OF US ADMINISTRATION IN LIFTING 907 SECTION IS CONNECTED WITH THE CARRYING OUT THE ANTITERRORIST OPERATION IN AFGHANISTAN

PanARMENIAN.Net - Yesterday US state department spokesman Richard Boucher made several statements regarding the lifting of 907 Section of the Freedom Support Act, that restricts the aid to Azerbaijan until it lifts the blockade against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Boucher did not disprove that in the morning Azerbaijan's ambassador to Washington had visited the state department. The spokesman did not make more precise whom the ambassador had met with. At the same time, he noted that the state department "is looking at the situation regarding 908 Section and is going to discuss it with the Congress". The spokesman also said that the state department had always supported the lifting of the restrictions on Azerbaijan adopted by the Congress in 1992. "We've felt that these restrictions were not helpful in our efforts to foster regional peace and build a coalition against terrorism", stated he. .

Boucher confirmed that the US administration interest in the idea of 907 Section lifting is connected with carrying out the US antiterrorist operation in Afghanistan. "We want to have the maximum flexibility for the president in order to be able to carry out a policy against terrorism", said he. According to him, the perspective of the 907 Section lifting depends on the results of their internal deliberations, and then what discussions they will have with Congressmen. While answering the question "Why were the sanctions imposed ?", Boucher answered, "I don't know. You have to ask Congress on that."