US SECRETARY OF STATE SENT LETTER TO CONGRESS WITH SUGGESTION TO REPEAL 907 SECTIONOctober 17, 2001 - 23:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - US Secretary of State Colin Powell has sent a letter to the Congress calling upon to repeal Freedom Support Act Section 907 adopted in 1992, that restricts the administration aid to Azerbaijan until it lifts the blockade against Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. As Armenian Assembly of America informs with the reference to «Voice of America», in the letter is stated that «the Caucasian nation would be rewarded for its participation in the anti-terrorism coalition by repeal of 907 Section». According to Powell, the sanction lifting will help Azerbaijan to fight terrorist activity within its own territory. So the US Secretary of State has indirectly admitted that the terrorism threat comes from Azerbaijan nowadays. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. |