Баку надеется на скорейшую отмену дискриминационной поправки Джексона – Вэника

БАКУ, 29 июн– 1NEWS.AZ

МИД Азербайджана надеется, что будущие дебаты в Конгрессе США по отмене дискриминационной поправки Джексона – Вэника завершатся успешно.

Как сообщил 1news.az официальный представитель МИД Азербайджана Эльхан Полухов, реального воздействия эта поправка на американо-азербайджанские отношения не оказывала, но ее существование имело моральное значение.

«Официальный Баку надеется, что в результате будущих дебатов в Конгрессе США, эта дискриминационная и устаревшая поправка Джексона – Вэника наконец-то будет отменена», - сказал Полухов.

Отметим, что администрация США договорилась с Конгрессом открыть дебаты по отмене дискриминационной поправки Джексона – Вэника для ряда стран СНГ, в том числе и для Азербайджана.

Поправка Джексона – Вэника была принята американским конгрессом в 1974 году и вводила ограничения на торговлю с СССР. Принятием поправки послужило  отсутствие в Советском Союзе свободы эмиграции.

Сейчас поправка формально продолжает действовать в отношении государств-правопреемников СССР. С 1989 года США ежегодно вводили мораторий на действие поправки, однако конгресс официально ее не отменял.

Поправка Джексона-Вэника также действует в отношении Вьетнама, Армении, Азербайджана, Беларуси, Казахстана, Таджикистана, Туркменистана, Узбекистана и Молдовы.

В 2000 г. поправка перестала действовать в отношении Китая. Тогда же ограничения в торговле были сняты в отношении Грузии, Кыргызстана и Албании.

В 2006 г. поправка Джексона-Вэника была отменена в отношении Украины.

З.Р., Л.А.

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