Appropriations Committee of US Senate Approves Sanctions against Azerbaijani Officials Involved in Mehman Aliyev's Arrest Azerbaijani Officials Involved in Mehman Aliyev's Arrest (UPDATED)

The Committee on Appropriations of the US Senate has approved an amendment to the bill on Foreign Operations for the 2018th fiscal year, providing for visa sanctions against the Azerbaijani officials involved in the arrest of Mehman Aliyev.

Now the document has to pass approval in the Senate. --0---

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2017 September 07 (Thursday) 20:26:50

The agenda of the US Senate - sanctions against Azerbaijani officials

Baku / 07.09.17 / Turan: American senator Richard Durbin proposed an amendment to the agenda of the United States Senate on imposing sanctions against Azerbaijani officials involved in the arrest of Mehman Aliyev, the director of the Turan news agency. The document provides for a ban on the entry to the US of all officials related to the arrest of Aliyev, the Azerbaijani service of the Voice of America reports.The amendment requests the US Secretary of State to identify officials who will be subject to sanctions.

Democratic senator Durbin from Illinois is one of the most liberal members of the Congress. He is an assistant to the minority leader (the organizer), the second most influential member of the democratic leadership of the Senate since 2015.-06D--