[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 100 (Thursday, July 27, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1373]
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               SECTION 907 OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT

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                          HON. JOE KNOLLENBERG

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 27, 2000

  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, today I stress the importance of 
retaining Section 907 of the Foreign Assistance Act in the Foreign 
Operations Bill.
  For more than 10 years Azerbaijan has cut off the transportation of 
food, fuel and medicine from the United States and the United Nations 
to our ally Armenia. Armenia and its neighbor, Nagorno-Karabagh are 
both landlocked, and these blockades are virtually isolating them from 
the rest of the world.
  Section 907 prohibits United States aid to Azerbaijan and constitutes 
a focused, appropriate message to the government of Azerbaijan that the 
United States won't support efforts to marginalize, via blockade, 
entire populations of neighboring states.
  Section 907 must remain in place until the President of Azerbaijan 
confirms that country is taking steps to cease blockades and offensive 
uses of force against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh.
  I encourage my colleagues to support Section 907 in the Foreign 
Operations bill.

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