Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Dec 3 2004
US ambassador hopes for success in Sofia talks on Garabagh conflict
US ambassador to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish says he hopes that
Azerbaijan and Armenia will reach a certain agreement on the peace
settlement of the Upper Garabagh conflict at the meeting of the two
countries’ foreign ministers in Sofia on December 6.
Harnish positively assessed the activity of the OSCE Minsk Group and
regarded as groundless Russian President Vladimir Putin’s critical
remarks on this respect.
Touching upon the situation in the Ukraine after the presidential
election in this country, the ambassador said the United States’
position on the issue is known.
`The election could have been held under more serious and democratic
monitoring of the Ukrainian government’.
This country’s authorities should have organized the election in a
more transparent and democratic way, he added.*