AZERBAIJAN DOES NOT MEET MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CRITERIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
14.04.2006 02:54 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ When choosing candidate countries for being included
in the Millennium Challenge Account, most attention was paid to
“quality of administration in the country” and corruption level on
the basis of data of international organizations, Jim Kolbe stated
at news conference in Baku. The congressman said that corresponding
steps are being taken in Azerbaijan presently.

Kolbe also remarked that the cancellation of amendment 907 can be
discussed during the forthcoming visit of Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev to the United States however the final decision should be taken
by the Committee on Appropriations. According to Kolbe, the amendment
907 may be cancelled before the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement,
reported Trend.