Azerbaijan, Baku, 18 February / corr. Trend K. Ramazanova/ Sam Brownback, the Republican Senator from Kansas of the United States will visit Azerbaijan this week, Jonathan Henik, the head of the Public Affairs Office at the US Embassy in Azerbaijan said.
According to Henik, Brownback will hold meetings with the Foreign Ministry and Diplomatic Academy officials and will discuss issues of bilateral cooperation.
Brownback was nominated for the presidential elections in 2007, but had to end his election campaign due to a lack of finance.
Sam Brownback is the author of Strategy of Silk Way Act (1999) which envisages assistance in restoring the historical Silk Way going through several countries and Azerbaijan as well.
After September 11 attacks Brownback worked out a bill empowering the US President to temporarily cancel the 907th amendment to the Freedom Support Act passed by Congress in 1992 which restricted cooperation of US with Azerbaijan.
Sam Brownback is a member of Azerbaijani lobbyist activities in the US. The Senator visited Azerbaijan on 15 December 2003 as part of the American delegation taking part in the funeral of Heydar Aliyev.