The National Interest: Republicans and Democrats should work together to revoke anti-Azerbaijan Section 907

Published: 2025-12-15 11:10

"In November 2025, a series of diplomatic successes marked American policy in Central Asia and the Greater Caspian... The expansion of American-led diplomatic, political, and economic frameworks into the region, long advocated by experts in the United States, is the capstone of a successful diplomatic campaign. It is primarily because of Azerbaijan’s newfound integration that American engagement and commerce can now more easily enter the region via the Middle Corridor—the economic transit route from the Black Sea, through the Caucasus, across the Caspian, and into Central Asia. This journey depends not just on Azerbaijan’s access to the Caspian but will also build on the recently inaugurated Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity between Azerbaijan and Armenia," writes The National Interest, a mouthpiece of moderate Republicans.

"Self-imposed limits on American influence in the region should be discarded, as they belong to a past era. Legal barriers to trade, such as the Cold War-era Jackson-Vanik Trade Act of 1974, need to be eliminated so America can establish permanent normal trade relations and regular investment ties with Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. Likewise, Section 907 of the 1992 FREEDOM Support Act, which bans US government support for Azerbaijan, should also be repealed... Both parties can and should work together to revoke Section 907 before the current Congress moves into the election mode next year. Rectifying this would be a high-impact, low-cost, beneficial action, colloquially called a ‘no-brainer,’" The National Interest adds.

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