Biden allows providing military assistance to Azerbaijan

Biden allows providing military assistance to Azerbaijan
# 04 May 2021 10:55 (UTC +04:00)

President Biden has notified Congress the administration is extending a waiver allowing U.S. assistance to Azerbaijan that was originally restricted over Baku’s conflict with its neighbor Armenia and tension over territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, APA reports citing the Hill.

The waiver applies to Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act and its renewal — which has happened annually since 2002 — allows the U.S. to provide military assistance to Azerbaijan so long as the secretary of State certifies that such assistance does not contribute to conflict in the region.

In a notification to Congress obtained by The Hill and sent on April 26, Secretary of State Antony Blinken certified that such assistance to Azerbaijan would not “undermine or hamper ongoing efforts to negotiate a peaceful settlement between Armenia and Azerbaijan or be used for offensive purposes against Armenia.”

Blinken also certified that providing U.S. assistance is “necessary to support U.S. efforts to counter international terrorism; or is necessary to support the operations readiness of the United States Armed Forces or coalition partners to counter international terrorism; or is important to Azerbaijan’s border security."

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THE OPERATION IS BEING PERFORMED