US set to cancel Section 907

AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Dec 23 2004

The US Department of State will fully repeal the Section 907 it
passed on Azerbaijan after the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Upper
Garabagh is settled, the US ambassador to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish told
journalists last Wednesday. Harnish said that every year President
Bush proposes to the US Congress to suspend execution of Section 907
to the Freedom Support Act,

which prohibits direct US assistance to the Azerbaijani government.
The ambassador also said that his country welcomes the ongoing peace
talks. “The US is very pleased that meetings between the Azerbaijani
and Armenian foreign ministers continue and that further steps will
be taken in this area in January.”

Harnish voiced a hope that such meetings will lead to a fair and
long-term resolution of the conflict through negotiations.