The U.S. will continue to provide assistance to Azerbaijan: the 907th amendment is frozen again

The U.S. State Department has notified Congress of an extension of the suspension of Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act, which restricts direct assistance to Azerbaijan.

According to the official record, on July 28 the document was sent to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and on August 10 to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The amendment, adopted in 1992, prohibits Washington from providing direct government assistance to Baku, however, since 2001 the U.S. president has been granted the right to suspend these restrictions annually and to notify the legislative branch of the decision taken.