Bolton spoke about reasons for possible cancellation of 907  amendments

ArmInfo. The decision to  suspend the 907th amendment has not yet been made. This was announced  by US presidential adviser on national security John Bolton,  commenting on the possible cancellation of the 907th amendment by  Donald Trump and the sale of weapons to Azerbaijan on October 25 in  Yerevan.

"The decision to suspend action has not yet been made, and I cannot  predict what it will be in terms of increasing the sale of weapons.   But the situation is such that Armenia buys most of its weapons from  Russia, Azerbaijan also buys more than 80% from the Russian  Federation. This Of course, the circumstance does not contribute to  the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, "Bolton said.

At the same time, he stressed that this fact provides a serious tool  for influencing the parties and does not lead to peace. According to  him, the Americans believe that competitiveness is the driving force.   "And our weapons are in any case better than the Russian. And I  believe that we should study this issue within the framework of our  laws," said Bolton.

Earlier, Bolton, referring to the possibility of repealing Amendment  907, the assistant did not rule out that Donald Trump could use his  powers to suspend the 907th Amendment to the Freedom Support Act,  which limits US assistance to Azerbaijan at the state level, as it  did predecessors. "This provision was approved by the Congress. The  executive branch of government does not necessarily follow the same  political line and, according to our constitution, in fact it is the  president who determines foreign policy. In many cases, different  presidents suspended this provision in order to conduct procurement,  and we constantly consider this opportunity to decide whether this is  necessary ", - concluded Bolton.

Amendment 907 was adopted by the Congress in 1992 and prohibited the  provision of assistance to Baku through the government line by the US  administration in connection with the conflict between Azerbaijan and  Armenia. For many years, Azerbaijani diplomacy has sought to repeal  the 907th Amendment, but so far without success.