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Azerbaijan Bans USAID and Rossotrudnichestvo Activities in the Country
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Regnum] Azerbaijan has banned the activities of Rossotrudnichestvo and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the country. This was reported on February 6 by the Azerbaijani publication Report.  It is noted that Baku sent Moscow a notification via diplomatic channels about the termination of the Russian agency's activities. The press secretary of the republic's Foreign Ministry, Ayhan Hajizade, announced on February 6 that the American side had also been warned about the ban on USAID's work in the republic. The publication, citing sources, stated that the reason for this decision was Baku's desire to be independent from external influence. The decision to close USAID was made even before US President Donald Trump ordered the agency to be liquidated. “Our country itself has become a donor and does not need outside help,” the source told the publication. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on February 2, Trump called the USAID leadership radicals who needed to be removed. The following day, employees of the agency's headquarters received notices about the closure of the office in Washington. American entrepreneur, head of the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Elon Musk then announced the beginning of the liquidation of USAID. He emphasized that this organization cannot be restored. Following a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Baku in August 2024, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev called the relations between the countries allied and friendly. He also noted the successful development of bilateral trade and economic relations. Posted by: badanov 2025-02-07 |
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