[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 16 (Monday, April 22, 2002)]
[Page 661]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Foreign Assistance to Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan

April 18, 2002

 Presidential Determination No. 2002-15

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Eligibility of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan to Receive 
Defense Articles and Services under the Foreign Assistance Act and the 
Arms Export Control Act

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 503(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and section 3(a)(1) of the 
Arms Export Control Act, I hereby find that the furnishing of defense 
articles and services to the Governments of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and 
Tajikistan will strengthen the security of the United States and promote 
world peace.
    You are hereby authorized and directed to report this determination 
to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal 
Register.
                                                George W. Bush

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on April 19.