USA CALL THE PRESIDENTS OF AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA TO TAKE MORE
CONSTRUCTIVE POSITION IN SETTLEMENT OF THE KARABAKH CONFLICT

BAKU, JANUARY 26. ARMINFO. “The OSCE Minsk group conducted large work
last year. The meetings of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia,
as well as several meetings of the Foreign Ministers of those
countries took place. It testifies effective activity of the Minsk
Group”, the U.S. Ambassador Reno Harnish told journalists today.

According to him, there are good opportunities to reach progress in
peaceful talks. And the Ambassador referred to the statements of the
president Ilham Aliyev at the session of Security Council early in
January of this year.

The Ambassador noted that the policy of the US concerning the
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict was consequent. “We did not recognize
and will not recognize self-proclaimed Nagorno Karabakh republic. The
USA recognize territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. We welcome the
attempts of the sides to settle the conflict peacefully and we are
witnesses of some progress on the matter. I positively assess the role
of the USA in this question”, the American diplomat said.

The Ambassador noted that the Karabakh problem would be discussed at
the coming meeting of the presidents of USA and Russia. The role of
Russia in settlement of a number of conflicts, as well as the Karabakh
conflict is rrefutable. However, settlement of the conflict depends
not only on Russia and USA. “My government believes that the leaders
of Armenia and Azerbaijan should speed up the question on settlement
of the conflict. We call Russia to play positive role and we call the
presidents of the conflicting sides to demonstrate more constructive
position”, Harnish said.