Day: September 19, 2025
Azerbaijan’s economic narrative is quietly shifting, and foreign investors are taking notice. In the first half of 2025, the country attracted over $3.2 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI), marking an 8.2% increase compared to the same period last year. While the Caspian nation has long been associated with oil and gas, this uptick in FDI suggests something deeper: growing international confidence in Azerbaijan’s broader economic trajectory.
U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson announced that his “Georgian Nightmare Non-Recognition” amendment has been adopted for inclusion in the State Department Authorization Act, in a move targeting Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party.
The amendment states, “No Federal official or employee may take any action, and no Federal funds may be made available, to recognize or otherwise imply, in any manner, United States recognition of the current Georgian Dream-led Government in Georgia.”
Wilson, a staunch critic of Georgian Dream and co-sponsor of the bipartisan MEGOBARI Act that codifies sanctions on GD members, wrote on X that “insulting America while embracing Communist China, Iran, and Russia is a one-way ticket to isolation,” as he shared the amendment.
Earlier this year, under the same title of Georgian Nightmare Non-Recognition, Wilson also co-sponsored a bill in Congress that would bar recognition of any Georgian government led by Bidzina Ivanishvili or “any proxies.”
A screen capture Wilson posted shows the amendment has been made to the Department of State Policy Provisions Act (H.R. 5300), introduced in the House on September 11. The amendment has not yet appeared on the official congressional website. Washington-based correspondent Alex Raufoglu reported that it was “overwhelmingly” approved by the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The same screen capture shows that the amendment is under Section 313 of Georgia, which otherwise reaffirms the U.S. non-recognition of the Russia-occupied regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Opposition United National Movement (UNM) chair Tina Bokuchava, who is visiting Washington and met with Rep. Wilson and Sen. Jim Risch, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, welcomed the adoption of the amendment, writing on Facebook that the move is “an additional opportunity for the adoption of the MEGOBARI Act in the U.S. Congress.”
The MEGOBARI Act, which passed the House in July with overwhelming bipartisan support, is awaiting consideration in the Senate, where Sen. Markwayne Mullin is reportedly blocking its swift adoption.
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