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.
