For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 28, 2002
Presidential Determination on Azerbaijan
January 25, 2002
Presidential Determination
No. 2002-06
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
SUBJECT: Waiver
of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act with Respect to Assistance to the Government of Azerbaijan
Pursuant to the authority contained in Title II of the "Kenneth M.
Ludden Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2002" (Public Law 107-115), I hereby determine and
certify that a waiver of section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act of 1992
(Public Law 102-511):
- is necessary to support U.S. efforts to
counter international terrorism;
- is necessary to support the operational
readiness of U.S. Armed Forces or coalition partners to counter
international terrorism;
- is important to Azerbaijan's border
security; and
- will not undermine or hamper ongoing
efforts to negotiate a peaceful settlement between Armenia and
Azerbaijan or be used for offensive purposes against Armenia.
Accordingly, I hereby waive section 907 of the FREEDOM Support
Act.
You are authorized and directed to notify the Congress of this
determination and to arrange for its publication in the Federal
Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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