Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2025
August 8, 2025
Presidential Determination No. 2025–08
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Subject: Extension of Waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act with Respect to Assistance to the Government of Azerbaijan
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including title II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107–115), I hereby determine and certify that extending the waiver of section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 102–511) with respect to Azerbaijan:
is necessary to support United States efforts to counter international terrorism; or
is necessary to support the operational readiness of United States Armed Forces or coalition partners to counter international terrorism; or
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 extend the waiver of section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act.
You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in the Federal Register and to provide this determination and the Memorandum of Justification to the appropriate committees of the Congress.
Donald J. Trump
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 2 p.m., August 14, 2025]
NOTE: This memorandum was published in the Federal Register on August 15.
Categories: Communications to Federal Agencies : Azerbaijan, FREEDOM Support Act, section 907 waiver extension for U.S. assistance, memorandum.
Subjects: Azerbaijan, U.S. assistance; FREEDOM Support Act, section 907 waiver extension; Secretary of State.
DCPD Number: DCPD202500839.